István Koháry
| István II. Koháry Count | |
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| Born | 12 March 1649 Csábrág Castle |
| Died | 29 March 1731 (aged 82) Csábrág Castle |
| Resting place | Hronský Beňadik Abbey |
| Parent(s) | Istvan Koháry Judith Balassa de Gyarma. |
István Koháry — Count István II. Koháry (Csábrág,[1] 1649–1731), the poet, politician and general was a member of the Hungarian House of Koháry.
Life
István Koháry was the eldest son of István Koháry (1616–1664) and the Hungarian noble woman Judith of Balsassa. His father died when he was 15. After studying at the Jesuit university of Trnava he became the hereditary commander of Fülek castle.[2] During the uprise of Imre Thököly he was sieged there in the year 1682 for several weeks and finally taken hostage by Thököly. Koháry refused to side with him and stayed loyal to the Habsburg king Leopold. For the next three years he remained imprisoned by the Kuruc. After the Battle of Vienna 1683 the Turks and with them also Thököly were driven out of Hungary and 1685 István became free. He was received with all honours at the Imperial court of Vienna. Emperor Leopold called him Speculum Fidelitatis, the mirror of loyalty [3] and awarded him the title Count and the hereditary headship of Hont County. 1714 he became Judge royal, the second-highest judge, preceded only by the palatine, in the Kingdom of Hungary.[4]
Work
During his captivity István began to write poems, unusual for his time not in Latin, but in Hungarian language.[5]
Death and legacy
István Koháry remained unmarried and died highly honoured at the age of 82 at Csábrág castle. In his testament he founded a Fideicommis and stated that every head of it have to be a Catholic.[6] His nephew Andreas Josef Koháry (1694–1757) became his heir. István Koháry was buried in the family crypt at the abbey of Hronský Beňadik. 1909 Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria commissioned a marble monument for the church to honour his famous ancestor.
Ancestry
- Ancestors of István Koháry
- 8. Imre Koháry
- 4. Peter Koháry, Baron Koháry de Csábrág (1564–1629)
- 9. Katalin Jákóffy de Raho et Szuh
- 2. Istvan Koháry, Baron Koháry de Csábrág
- 10. György Vethle
- 5. Regina Vethle +1616
- 11. Anna Maria Jokkin
- 1. Istvan (Stephan) II, Count Koháry de Csábrág
- 12. András Balassa de Gyarmat, +after 1576
- 6. Imre Balassa de Gyarmat +ca 1633
- 13. Anna Mérey de Kaposmére
- 3. Judith Balassa de Gyarmat+1684
- 14. Tamás Bosnyák de Magyarbél (1572-1634)
- 7. Judit Bosnyák de Magyarbél
- 15. Katalin Zádory
See also
References
- Back to citation "Koháry István". szelence.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-09.
- Back to citation "M?zeum Sv?t? Anton - House of Koh?ry". Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- Back to citation Oswald Redlich, Weltmacht des Barock: Österreich in der Zeit Kaiser Leopolds I., Seite 285
- Back to citation Markó 2006, p. 284.
- Back to citation "Koháry István". szelence.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07.
- Back to citation August Wilpert, Bayerische Bibliographie. Kurze Geschichte der katholischen, sog. "Koháry"-Linie des Herzoglichen Hauses Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, http://gateway-bayern.de/BV014584282 Seite 3f.
External links
- http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/index.html Archived 2018-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Marek, Miroslav. "hung/kohary.html". Genealogy. EU.