Ferenc Forgách, Archbishop of Esztergom
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Garamszentkereszt, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia) | |
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Baron Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes et Gács (1560 – 16 October 1615) was a Hungarian
archbishop of Esztergom
from 1607 to 1615.
Family
The Forgách family was one of the eldest houses of Hungary. Ferenc's parents were Baron Simon Forgách (died 1598) and Orsolya Pemflinger. His father functioned as Master of Cup-bearers. They had ten children (five boys and five girls), including Zsigmond Forgách, Palatine, and Mihály Forgách, a soldier.
Ferenc Forgách was born as a
Bishop of Várad (today: Oradea).[1]
References
- ^ Diós István, dr.: Magyar katolikus lexikon. 3. köt., Szent István Kiadó, Budapest, 1998. 744. p.
Bibliography
- Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon p. 225. (The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days - A Biographical Encyclopedia) (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1.
- Szabó de Bártfa, László: A Hunt-Pázmán nemzetségbeli Forgách család története History of the Forgách family from the kindred of Hont-Pázmány; 1910, Esztergom.
- Ackermann, Kálmán: Forgách Ferenc bíboros, esztergomi érsek. Budapest, 1918.
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