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In the News (Mon 6 Jul 09)

  
  István Kristó Nagy
Like Matthias's cup, however, the majority of the early objects are from Nuremberg, including several works by Hans Petzold; one of these is an ornamental cup based on a Nautilus shell with the allegorical figure of Prudentia on top and another piece, the allegory of good govern- ment.
Szapolyai wanted it for a royal wedding, when the daughter of the King of Poland, a relative of his, married Prince Elector Joachim of Brandenburg.
Szapolyai was represented at the wedding by a high-ranking cleric who must have handed over the highly valuable chrysoprase bowl on the 1st of September 1535 as a gift -
www.hungarianquarterly.com /no141/p138.html   (960 words)

  
 TOKAJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Tisza Bridge was used for trading or to travel and attack in the 16th century during the surrender to the Turks.
Szapolyai János was pronounced king in Tokaj in 1526.
Tokaj also played a significant role in the Rákóczi War of Independence but its fortress was destroyed during this period.
www.uni-miskolc.hu /region/Zemplen/tokajgb.htm   (680 words)

  
 Oradea (Bihor) - Romania Mare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1538 King Ferdinand Habsburg and King János Szapolyai (both of them kings of Hungary) signed peace and divided the kingdom into two parts.
City of Nagyvárad became part of Szapolyai's kingdom.
From 1556 the city is part of the Principality of Transylvania as the centre of the 'Részek' ('Parts').
moldova.go.ro /pagini/minoritati/orase/oradea.htm   (386 words)

  
 John Zapolya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
John I Zapolya or Janos Zápolya/Szapolyai was the king of Hungary between 1526 and 1540.
Zápolya was the leader of groups of Hungarian nobles claiming no foreign ruler should be chosen King of Hungary (the foreign pretender was Ferdinand of Habsburg).
John II Sigismund Zapolya or Janos Zsigmond Zápolya/Szapolyai was the son of John Zapolya and the king of Hungary from 1540-1571.
www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/j/jo/john_zapolya.html   (246 words)

  
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The aristocrats opposing Szapolyai gathered at Pozsony on the 16
Szapolyai agreed that after his death Ferdinand should become the sole king.
Just as had happened with Emperor Manuel many years earlier, a son was born to Szapolyai two weeks before his death and he ordered his followers to elect the baby to be the new king.
www.chicagohungarians.com /radics/Origin3a.htm   (4062 words)

  
 XVI-XX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The same year the palace was damaged by Turkish troops looting the town.
In 1539 János Szapolyai renovated the palace and spent a summer there with his wife.
In 1544 Visegrád fell to the Turks, and thus the deterioration of the abandoned palace inevitably began.
web.axelero.hu /visegradmuz/visegrad/eng/pa672_76.htm   (545 words)

  
 DN76 Deva
The fortress was built on the hill that overtop with 184 m against the city by the Hungarian kings probably in the period 1240-1250 as a residence of theTransylvanian voivode (between the century.
Until 1687 the fortress had been owned by Hunyadi Janos, Báthory István, Szapolyai János, Dobó István, Geszty Ferencz, Bethlen Gábor, I.Rákóczy György, Barcsay Ákos.
The walls of the fortress were often assaulted by the carl peasantry culminating by the one of 1784 in time of the arousal of Horea, Closca and Crisan.
www.welcometoromania.ro /DN76/DN76_Deva_e.htm   (322 words)

  
 Complete history of Budapest and Hungary for the past two thousand years.
Janos Hunyadi, a noble from Valachia, defends Nadorfehervar (present day Belgrade) against the Turks.
The Szekesfehervar Diety elects a national king in the person of Janos I Szapolyai (1526-40).
Opposed by the Habsburg, Janos I, supported by the Turks, sees his kingdom reduced to Transylvania.
www.budapest.com /history/history-hungary.htm   (1866 words)

  
 The Fall of The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohacs 1526 - Buda 1541
The other man, Janos Szapolyai, voivode of Transylvania, could nothave been placed at the helm of the troops because, as alreadymentioned, the direction of the Ottoman attack remained unclear fora long time; it might have threatened Transylvania itself.
Furthermore, for a longtime it was planned that Szapolyai would break into Turkish territory along with the voivode of \Wallachia; thus he could not havefilled the post of commander-in-chief in Hungary.
When the situation cleared up, and Szapolyai was expected to join the main bodyat ToIna, he was indeed elected commander in a secret ballot.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/warso/warso10.htm   (3636 words)

  
 Oradea (Bihor) - Romania Mare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1538 King Ferdinand Habsburg and King Janos Szapolyai (both of them kings of Hungary) signed peace and divided the kingdom into two parts.
City of Nagyvarad became part of Szapolyai's kingdom.
From 1556 the city is part of the Principality of Transylvania as the centre of the 'Reszek' ('Parts').
moldova.go.ro /fd/minoritati/orase/oradeafd.htm   (386 words)

  
 [ DEBRECEN CITY GUIDE ] - ( preview ) build 17305   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1484 Mátyás relieved the citizens of the town from paying all kinds of personal and property taxes, even permits them to sell salt purchased from Treasury without restrictions.
János Szapolyai, a landlord of the town became sovereign of Hungary in 1526 but he neglected this property of his.
When the formerly good connections between Transylvania and Habsburg Hungary worsened the imperial-royal forces demonstrated their strength via raiding tours in Debrecen.
dcguide.uw.hu /viewer.php?show=history_of_debrecen1.html   (565 words)

  
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At that day Szapolyai is still at Szeged with his troops (approx 10,000)
In the spring of 1527 Hungary recovers sufficiently under the Szapolyai
Vienna, he reinstates Szapolyai as King of Hungary in Buda.
users.cwnet.com /millenia/hun1526.htm   (759 words)

  
 History of Subotica - English v.
Following the defeat at Mohacs the town was occupied by Serbian mercenaries, recruited in Srem, serving for Janos Szapolyai, a voivod from Transylvania, later a Hungarian king.
Despite the hardships and owing to the citizens’ and their leaders’ perseverance, in 1854 the Town Theatre designed by Janos Scultety opened its doors to the public.
Its first director was Endre Latabar but it was in this theatre where another actress, Lujza Blaha, one of the greatest names in the history of Hungarian theatre art, started her career.
www.subotica.co.yu /en/history/historyMAIN.htm   (3477 words)

  
 PrintedResources
On page 560 Barthalos, Janos and Imre are mentioned as persons listed in the 1754-1755 general conscription of nobles.
Please note: It is not certain whether this Janos Bartalos was a member of the Bart(h)alos family in the Csallokoz.
ILLESY, Janos: "Az 1754-55 evi Orszagos Nemesi Osszeiras." 1902.
www.bartaloslink.com /printedresources.htm   (3683 words)

  
 Castles in Hungary - main page
The army gathered under the Sign of the Cross took arm against the Hungarian noble lords.
János Szapolyai suppressed the peasant revolt with bloody cruelty.
The western part belonged to Ferdinand of Habsburg, while the eastern part was ruled by Janos Szapolyai.
mars.elte.hu /varak/en-main.htm   (719 words)

  
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However, the first, and for a long time the only, Hungarian musician who acquired a high ranking in European music was Bálint Bakfark, a lute player, whose name, surprisingly, is little known to most Hungarians.
Bakfark spent his youth at the court of János Szapolyai, Prince of Transylvania, but left Hungary in 1541.
His artistry being well known abroad, Bakfark was welcomed first by the French Court and later by the Polish King Sigismund Augustus II in Cracow in 1549.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/hunspir/hsp51.htm   (5478 words)

  
 Hungarian Protestantism - XVIIth century
The country received no aid from allies and, in 1526, it suffered a defeat from the Turkish army at Mohács.
The king died in battle and his country, now divided into two parties, elected two kings: János Szapolyai (1526-1540) and Ferdinand Hapsburg I (1526-1564).
In 1541 Buda fell into the hands of the Turkish empire.
church.lutheran.hu /reformatio/pmerfordkovek_e/pm_16_e.htm   (714 words)

  
 Hungary
10 Nov 1526 - 21 Jul 1540 János I Szapolyai (b.
13 Sep 1540 - Aug 1551 János II Zsigmond Szapolyai (b.
Jan 1486 - 7 Sep 1487 Imre Szapolyay (d.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Hungary.htm   (3861 words)

  
 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Aug 1540 János Zsigmond Szapolyai (or Zápolya), king of Hungary (in
29 Dec 1541 Treaty of Gilau, János Zsigmond Szapolyai having relinquished his
16 Aug 1570 János Zsigmond Szapolyai, having relinquished his claim to
www.vdiest.nl /Europa/romania.htm   (1553 words)

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