Count Mihály Mikes de Zabola (? – 6 January 1721, in
Csesztve
Csesztve ( sk, Častva) is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary
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) was a Hungarian landowner and aristocrat in
Transylvania from the prestigious
Mikes family
The House of Mikes de Zabola is a Hungarian noble family of Székely origin from the 16th century.
Notable members
* Mihály Mikes (politician) (d. 1662), Chancellor of Transylvania (1656–1660)
*Mihály Mikes (soldier) (d. 1721), created Bar ...
.
He served as Captain General of
Háromszék (one of the geographical regions of
Székely Land) in 1691. He was created Baron by
Leopold I in 1693. Three years later he earned the title of Count for his family. Later he was appointed
Ispán (Count; ''comes'') of
Belső-Szolnok County in 1700.
During the
Rákóczi's War of Independence
Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–11) was the first significant attempt to topple the rule of the Habsburgs over Hungary. The war was conducted by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákó ...
, he was captured by the
kuruc in 1703. After that he became a supporter of
Francis II Rákóczi. He was elected to the Kuruc Senate by the Diet of
Marosvásárhely (today:
Târgu Mureș,
Romania) in 1707. He functioned as commander of the exiled kuruc people in the Romanian principalities (
Moldavia and
Wallachia) with a rank of General. He was a member of the Transylvanian Gubernium ("Governorate") in 1713.
Sources
Mihály Mikes in ''Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990''
1721 deaths
Hungarian politicians
Hungarian soldiers
Hungarian nobility
Mihaly
Year of birth unknown
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