Count János Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek (ca. 1535-1593) was a Hungarian

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, member of the

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family. János Cseszneky was mentioned as one of the neighbour nobles in a charter that installed Palatine

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and Orsolya Kanizsai into the estate of Kapuvár in 1558. On 13 October 1582 the assembly of

Győr county Győr county (in Hungarian: ''Győr (vár)megye'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except seven villages on t ...

elected him to be inspector for the construction of the watch fortress in Mérges. Cseszneky fortified not only the castle of Mérges, since he was the commander of the Hungarian foot-soldiers in

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, did so with the stronghold of Győr as well. In 1588 he was the representative of István Fejérkövy, Viceroy of the Kingdom, in

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. His braveness was known throughout the country, and the

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were not able to occupy the castle of Győr, but only in 1594, one year after his death.

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*Győr vármegye nemesi közgyűléseinek regesztái
A Cseszneky család
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