Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659) was a Hungarian count of the

Batthyány The House of Batthyány () is the name of an ancient and distinguished Hungarian Magnate family. Members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf/Gräfin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively, while the title of Prince (Fürst) vo ...

family. He presided over a period of religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics, which extended to his court. His father had been

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, as had he, but he later became

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and then in 1629 he converted to

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. At court tensions over religion led Protestant servants to reportedly throw meat into wine on fast days to provoke Catholics. He also had to manage an occasionally tense border with

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Adam Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism People from Pinkafeld 1610 births 1659 deaths {{Hungary-noble-stub