Miklós Istvánffy

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The native form of this personal name is baranyavári és kisasszonyfalvi báró Istvánffy Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Miklós Istvánffy
Baron of Baranyavár and Kisasszonyfalva
Kingdom of Hungary
DiedApril 1, 1615(1615-04-01) (aged 76)
Vinica, Kingdom of Croatia
Noble familyHouse of Istvánffy
Spouse(s)Erzsébet Both de Bajna
IssueSee below for issue
FatherPál Istvánfi
MotherHedvig Gyulay

Baron Miklós Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva (

Palatinal Governor of Hungary (Hungarian: nádori helytartó) from 19 January 1582 to November 1608.[1]

He is often called as "

Patavium
).

Life

He was the second son of Pál Istvánfi ("son of István"), who functioned as

Latin philology from the great Humanist scholar János Zsámboky
.

Miklós Istvánffy (Vasárnapi Újság, 1857)

Istvánffy returned home in 1556 and presumably became a soldier of

Nikola Šubić Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós), the hero of Szigetvár
. Between 1558 and 1559 he functioned as the secretary of Olahus, who served as Chancellor of Hungary from 1543. Istvánffy became an official of the Chancellery after 1559. Olahus was appointed Royal Governor of Hungary in 1562. He died in 1568.

He tried to acquire new estates and lands to the place of his former possession, but failed. In 1576, he was a royal envoy to Pasha of the

Kingdom of Poland to releasing Archduke Maximilian
, between December 1588 and March 1589.

During the

war tax in Slavonia. He participated in the Battle of Pákozd on 3 November 1593, and the Siege of Petrinja in the summer of 1595. He was one of Rudolf's three delegates who took over the control of Transylvania from Prince Sigismund Báthory in 1598. He was also present at the Siege of Nagykanizsa (1600), when the town fell to Tiryaki Hasan Pasha and became the capital of the newly established Kanije Eyalet. One year later, the Christian armies tried to recapture
the town but suffered a heavy and decisive defeat.

Istvánffy served as

Stephen Bocskay. He was one of the signatories of the Peace of Zsitvatorok (1606) which ended the Fifteen Years or Long War. In 1608, István Pálffy and Miklós Istvánffy traveled to Hainburg to invite Archduke Matthias
before the Diet of Hungary. During that he suffered a stroke and his right arm was paralyzed.

He was one of the four candidates for the position of Palatine in the same year, but defeated by his former opponent István Illésházy. He suffered a stroke again and retired from the public life. He died in 1615 and was buried in Vinica.

Marriage

Istvánffy married Erzsébet Both de Bajna in 1569,[2] daughter of George Both de Bajna and Borbála Hásshágy.[3] They had four children:

  • Éva, married Ivan Drašković, Ban of Croatia (1550–1613)
  • Orsolya, married János Dóczy de Lipcse
  • Katalin, married György Keglevich de Buzin
  • Pál (d. March 1581)[2]

References

  1. ^ Markó 2006, p. 232.
  2. ^ a b c Marek, Miroslav. "Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva family". Genealogy.EU.
  3. ^ Magyar királyi Kancellária. királyi Könyv.3kötet.1070-1071.p

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Palatinal Governor of Hungary

1581–1608 		Succeeded by
office abolished
Preceded by
Ferenc Révay
 Master of the doorkeepers
1599–1615 		Succeeded by
László Pethe
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