István Koháry
István II. Koháry | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 March 1731 | (aged 82)
Resting place | Hronský Beňadik Abbey |
Nationality | Kingdom of Hungary |
Parent(s) | Istvan Koháry Judith Balassa de Gyarma. |
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
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]
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István Koháry monument in Kecskemét
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 Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
commissioned a marble monument for the church to honour his famous ancestor.
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Hronsky BenadikAbbey
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Entrance to the Koháry crypt
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Istvan Monument in the abbey
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See also
- Ferenc József Koháry
References
- ^ "Koháry István". szelence.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-09.
- ^ "M?zeum Sv?t? Anton - House of Koh?ry". Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ Oswald Redlich, Weltmacht des Barock: Österreich in der Zeit Kaiser Leopolds I., Seite 285
- ^ Markó 2006, p. 284.
- ^ "Koháry István". szelence.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07.
- ^ 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
- Marek, Miroslav. "hung/kohary.html". Genealogy.EU.
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