János Szalárdi (23 July 1601 – 27 September 1666) was a Hungarian historian in the Principality of Transylvania. He was appointed one of the conservators of the Transylvanian Archives in

Gyulafehérvár Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a population of ...

(today: ''Alba Iulia, Romania''). He served as Secretary of the Chancellery (1644–1649) during the reign of

George I Rákóczi George I Rákóczi (8 June 1593 – 11 October 1648) was Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until his death in 1648. Prior to that, he was a leader of the Protestant faction in Hungary and a faithful supporter of Gabriel Bethlen, his predecessor ...

when the position of

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

was vacant since 1634, the death of

István Kovacsóczy István Kovacsóczy de Körtvélyfa (? – October 1634)Markó 2006, p. 113. was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania from 1622 to 1634. His father Farkas Kovacsóczy, also a Chan ...

. Later he was appointed Secretary for

Prince of Transylvania The Prince of Transylvania (, , , Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the late-16th century until the mid-18th century. John Sigismund Zápolya was the first to adopt the title in 1 ...

. He participated in the

Transylvanian Diet The Transylvanian Diet (; ; ) was an important legislative, administrative and judicial body of the Principality (from 1765 Grand Principality) of Transylvania between 1570 and 1867. The general assemblies of the Transylvanian noblemen and the jo ...

of 1666 which commissioned him to collection of taxes of the

Partium Partium (from Latin '' partium'', the genitive plural of '' pars'' "part, portion") or ''Részek'' (in Hungarian) was a historical and geographical region in the Kingdom of Hungary during the early modern and modern periods. It consisted of the ...

Kolozs Kolozs County was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in north-western Romania (north-western Transylvania). The capita ...

, Doboka and Inner Szolnok Counties. Szalárdi died in Fogaras (today: ''Făgăraș, Romania'').

Works

* ''The Nine Books of Chronicle Lamentations'' (edited after manuspricts by

Zsigmond Kemény Baron Zsigmond Kemény (June 12, 1814December 22, 1875) was a writer from the Austrian Empire. Life and work Kemény was born in Alvincz, Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Vințu de Jos, Romania) to a distinguished noble fam ...

in Pest, 1853). Excellent reference work for the

history of Transylvania Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania. It was under the rule of the Agathyrsi, part of the Dacian Kingdom (168 BC–106 AD), Roman Dacia (106–271), the Goths, the Hunnic Empire (4th–5th centuries), the Kin ...

after

George II Rákóczi George II Rákóczi (30 January 1621 – 7 June 1660), was a Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1648-1660), the eldest son of George I and Zsuzsanna Lorántffy. Early life He was elected Prince of Transylvania during his father' ...

's unfortunate campaign of 1657.

Sources

Hungarian Biographical Lexikon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szalardi, Janos 1601 births 1666 deaths 17th-century Hungarian historians