Bálint Török de
Enying
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(25 September 1502 in
Szigetvár
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– 1551 in
Istanbul
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) was a
Hungarian aristocrat,
Ban of
Nándorfehérvár
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(
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), and between 1527–1542 the Lord of
Csesznek. He led a rebellion against the
Ottoman Empire
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until he was captured by the Ottomans and taken to
Istanbul
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where he was executed for rebellion against the state.
Sources
*Bessenyei József: ''A Héttorony foglya''
*(MTA) ''Magyarország történeti kronológiája'' (II. kötet)
*Bethlen Farkas: ''Erdély története''
*Nagy Iván: ''Magyarország családai czímerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal''
*Hóman Bálint-Szekfű Gyula: ''Magyar történet'' (III. kötet)
1502 births
1551 deaths
16th-century rebels
Hungarian nobility
Voivodes of Transylvania
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
People of the Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568)
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