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Count George Zápolya de Szepes (, , , ; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) was a Hungarian magnate, son of
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Stephen Zápolya and younger brother of
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(''János Zápolya''). He served as Hereditary Lord Lieutenant (Count; ''supremus et perpetuus comes'') of
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.


Background

He was relegated to the political life besides his brother. He was to engaged Elisabeth Corvinus, the daughter of
John Corvinus John Corvinus (, Croatian language, Croatian: ''Ivaniš Korvin'', Romanian language, Romanian: ''Ioan Corvin''; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his ...
, in 1504, but the last surviving member of the
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died in 1508. He was commander of the Hungarian Royal Army, along with
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, at the
Battle of Mohács The Battle of Mohács (; , ) took place on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, in the Kingdom of Hungary. It was fought between the forces of Hungary, led by King Louis II of Hungary, Louis II, and the invading Ottoman Empire, commanded by Suleima ...
, where he disappeared and presumably died. Court chaplain Miklós Tatai believed that Zápolya murdered King
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, who escaped from the battle, in the house of the vicar in
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. Historians do not accept this report as credible.


See also

*
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Bibliography

* Károly Kiss (ed.): ''Mohács emlékezete''. Európa Könyvkiadó, Budapest 1979. 80–81. old.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zapolya, George 1480s births 1526 deaths 15th-century Hungarian nobility 16th-century Hungarian nobility Missing person cases in Hungary People from Spišská Nová Ves District
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