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Mihály Mérey
Baron Mihály Mérey de Kaposmére (''Mérei''; 1500 – 26 February 1572) was a Hungarian jurist and noble, who served as Palatinal Governor () in the Kingdom of Hungary, between 1562 and 1572.Markó 2006, p. 240. Biography Mérey studied law in the court of Elek Thurzó, the Royal Governor of Hungary. Mérey became a member of the Vice-regency Council in 1542. He was appointed Chief Justice () by Ferdinand I in 1544. He held that office until 1562, when he was elected Palatinal Governor (or Vice-palatine), after the death of Tamás Nádasdy. The office had only jurisdictional function, as the Hungarian magnates demanded restoring the office of the Palatine. The Emperor-King reigned Hungary over the Royal Governor. Mérey was created Baron in 1563. He also functioned as Ispán (Count; ''comes'') of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County. During his tenure, he received substantial estate donations: he acquired, among others, Éberhárd Castle (today: ''Malinovo, Slovakia''), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás I Nádasdy
Tamás () is a Hungarian, masculine given name. It is a Hungarian equivalent of the name Thomas. The given name may refer to: * Tamás Adamik (born 1937), Hungarian linguist and professor * Tamás Bognár (born 1978), Hungarian footballer * Tamás Darnyi (born 1967), Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer * Tamás Gábor (1932–2007), Hungarian Olympic champion épée fencer * Tamás Mendelényi (1936–1999), Hungarian fencer * Tamás Varga (rower) (born 1978), Hungarian rower * Tamás Varga (water polo) (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player * Tamás Wichmann Tamás Wichmann (4 February 1948 – 12 February 2020) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1966 to 1983. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals. This included two silver (C-1 1000 m: 197 ... (1948–2020), Hungarian canoer Tamás is also used as a surname. Notable holders of the surname include: * G.M. Tamás (1948-2023), Hungarian philosopher, critic, and form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malinovo, Slovakia
Malinovo (, ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. Names and etymology The original name comes from a Germanic personal name Eberhardt. The earliest mentions are ''Yberhart'' (1209), ''Ybrehart'' (1216), ''Eburhardi'' (1260). In 1946, the village was renamed to ''Malinovo'' in honor of Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky. ''Éberhárd'' is still the official name in the language of the Hungarian minority. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 8.829 km2. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209. In the 13th century, the village was inhabited by Germans who lived there until the 16th century. Malinovo was an important port on the Little Danube where also river tolls were charged. In 1548, the village was already completely abandoned and re-settled again. In 1773, it was already mostly Hungarian. The old village castle was acquired in June 1763 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Nobility
The Kingdom of Hungary held a Nobility, noble class of individuals, most of whom owned landed property, from the 11th century until the mid-20th century. Initially, a diverse body of people were described as noblemen, but from the late 12th century only high-ranking royal officials were regarded as noble. Most aristocrats claimed ancestry from chieftains of the period Principality of Hungary, preceding the establishment of the kingdom around 1000; others were descended from western European knights who settled in Hungary. The lower-ranking castle warriors also held landed property and served in the royal army. From the 1170s, most privileged laymen called themselves Royal servant (Kingdom of Hungary), royal servants to emphasize their direct connection to the monarchs. The Golden Bull of 1222 established their liberties, especially tax exemption and the limitation of military obligations. From the 1220s, royal servants were associated with the nobility and the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1572 Deaths
Year 1572 ( MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He is executed on June 2. * February 13 – Elizabeth I of England issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions, on account of the frauds which they had fostered. * February 19 – Harrow School is founded, with a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I of England. * February 28 – In what is now the Rajasthan state in India, Maharana Pratap is crowned as the new Rana of Mewar at the Kingdom's capital at Udaipur after the death of his father, Udai Singh II. * March 2 – Mem de Sá, the Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil, dies after 14 years in office. He is succeeded by Lourenço da Veiga. * March 11 – Pope Pius V issues the papal bull ''Supremi omnipotentis Dei'', granting an indulgence r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500 Births
Year 1500 (Roman numerals, MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. The year 1500 was the last year of the 15th century and the first year of the 16th century. The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe, who thought it would bring the beginning of the Eschatology, end of the world. Their belief was based on the phrase "half-time after the time", when the apocalypse was due to occur, which appears in the Book of Revelation and was seen as referring to 1500. This time was also just after the Old World's discovery of the Americas in 1492, and therefore was influenced greatly by the New World. Historically, the year 1500 is also often identified, somewhat arbitrarily, as marking the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the early modern period. The end of this year marked the halfway point of the 2nd millennium, as there were 500 years before it an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Zomor
János is a masculine Hungarian language, Hungarian given name. It originates from the Hebrew language, Hebrew name Johanan (name), Johanan and is thus a variant of the English name John (given name), John. People Notable people with the name include: * János Aczél (mathematician) (1924–2020), Hungarian-Canadian mathematician * János Adorján (1938–1995), former Hungarian handball player * János Aknai (1908–1992), Hungarian footballer * János Arany (1817–1882), Hungarian writer, poet * János Balogh (biologist) (1913–2002), Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor * János Balogh (chess player) (1892–1980), Hungarian–Romanian chess master * János Balogh (footballer) (born 1982), Hungarian football goalkeeper * Janos Bardi (1923–1990) * János Bartl (1878–1958), magic supply dealer * János Batsányi (1763–1845), Hungarian poet * János Bédl (1929–1987), Hungarian football manager * János Bencze (basketball) (1934–2014), Hungarian basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Révay
Ferenc Révay de Szklabina et Blatnicza, (1489 – 1 November 1553, Pozsony (today Bratislava, Slovakia)) was the Palatinal Governor () in the Kingdom of Hungary, thus was ranking third to the Kings Number. Biography Révay was the son of László Révay and Anna Eszteleky. Ferenc Révay became the personal secretary of Stephen Báthory in 1521. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, during the dispute over the throne, he joined Ferdinand I of the Habsburgs. Following the call of his brother, István Révay, and Jovan Nenad joined Ferdinand, Ferdinand seized the throne, Ferenc Révay was elected as Royal Tablemaster, and as a royal donation, he received half of the Szklabina fortress, which he took full control of in 1540. In 1532, Révay became the Ispán (Count; ''comes'') of Turóc County (Turiec region in today's Slovakia). He was then granted the rank of Chief Justice () and received numerous donations. He became Palatinal Governor in 1542. He was present in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pallas Nagy Lexikona
''A Pallas nagy lexikona'' (''Pallas's Large Encyclopedia'') was the first Hungarian encyclopedia which was not a translation from other languages. It was published by the Pallas Literary and Press Corporation between 1893 and 1897. The encyclopedia comprised 16 volumes, 150 000 articles, and it was the work of 300 authors. History ''A Pallas nagy lexikona'' (literally Pallas's large encyclopedia) is a great universal encyclopedia in Hungarian. It gradually developed in the years 1893 to 1897 in Budapest. In 1900 it was issued as two parts, but the Encyclopedia eventually reached a total of 18 volumes containing more than 150,000 entries. Chief editor was József Bokor. The authors were renowned Hungarian scientists, most of whom were members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1911, the company published under the title '' Révai Nagy Lexikona''. In the 20th century in Hungary it achieved great popularity. The latest edition was published in 1935 in 21 volumes. In 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Juris
The legal term ''Corpus Juris'' means "body of law". It was originally used by the Ancient Rome, Romans for several of their collections of all the laws in a certain field—see ''Corpus Juris Civilis''—and was later adopted by medieval jurists in assembling the ''Corpus Juris Canonici''. Later the term was used for comprehensive collections of laws in the US, as in ''Corpus Juris Secundum''. The term is commonly used to refer to the entire body of law of a country, jurisdiction, or court, such as "the ''corpus juris'' of the Supreme Court of the United States." The phrase has been used in the European Union to describe the possibility of a ''European Legal Area'', a ''European Public Prosecutor'' and a ''European Criminal Code''. Eurosceptics in the United Kingdom attacked the plans, which they saw as a threat to the criminal law traditions of some member states, such as jury trials by independent jury, juries, habeas corpus, and prohibitions against double jeopardy. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trencsén County
Trencsén county (Latin: ''comitatus Trentsiniensis / Trenchiniensis''; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Trencsén (vár)megye''; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Trenčiansky komitát / Trenčianska stolica / Trenčianska župa''; ) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Slovakia. Geography Trencsén county shared borders with the Cisleithania, Austrian lands Moravia, Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia, and Silesia, and the Hungarian counties Árva (county), Árva, Turóc (county), Turóc and Nyitra county, Nyitra. The county's territory was a strip in the extreme northwestern edge of present-day Slovakia, i.e. the territory between the Czech Republic, Czech border, the town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Vágújhely, the Turóc county, the Árva county and the Poland, Polish border. The river Váh, Vág flowed through the county. Its area was 4,456 km2 around 1910. Capitals The capital of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somogy County (former)
Somogy was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy county, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was Kaposvár. Geography Somogy County shared borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala (former county), Zala, Veszprém County (former), Veszprém, Tolna County (former), Tolna, Baranya County (former), Baranya, Virovitica County, Verőce and Belovár-Körös (the latter two part of Croatia-Slavonia). It extended along the southern shore of Lake Balaton and encompassed the region south of the lake. The river Drava (Hungarian: Dráva) formed most of its southern border. Its area was 6530 km2 around 1910. History In the 10th century, the Hungarian Nyék tribe occupied the region around Lake Balaton, mainly the areas which are known today as Zala County, Zala and Somogy counties. Somogy County arose as one of the first comitatuses of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County
Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Hungary, comprising roughly the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest (county), Pest and the northern part of present Bács-Kiskun county. The capital of the county was Budapest. Geography The Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county shared borders with the counties Komárom county, Komárom, Esztergom county, Esztergom, Hont County, Hont, Nógrád County (former), Nógrád, Heves County (former), Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county), Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád (former county), Csongrád, Bács-Bodrog, Tolna County (former), Tolna and Fejér County (former), Fejér. Its territory covered the eastern bank of the river Danube from Visegrád in the north to (excluding) Baja (Hungary), Baja in the south, stretching to the river Tisza in the east. A part of the county (Pilis (county), Pilis) was on the west ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
