Mihály Imreffy de Szerdahely (c. 1458-60 – 1536) was a Hungarian soldier and noble from the Imreffy family, who was

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( hu, lovászmester), which was one of the high dignitaries in the

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Biography

He was born into the Szerdahely branch of the ''gens'' Győr around 1458. His father, György was the first to use the surname of ''Imreffy'' (lit. "son of Imre", after Mihály's grandfather). Mihály first married Krisztina Podmaniczky de Podmanin. The last name of his second wife, Anna, is unknown. He had six children. His great-grandchild János was

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in the beginning of the 17th century. He was present at the Diet of Rákos in 1505 where the magnates decided that they would no longer elect a king from abroad ("order of Rákos"). He participated in the tragically ending

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, where he was captured by the

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. Later, he was released by

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, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. During the Hungarian Civil War (1526–1538) he joined the league of Ferdinand I who appointed him castellan of

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, together with

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