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George Zápolya. Count George Zápolya de Szepes ( Croatian: Juraj Zapolja, Hungarian: Szapolyai György or Zápolya György, Romanian: Gheorghe Zápolya, Slovak: Juraj Zápoľský; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) [1] was a Hungarian magnate, son of Palatine Stephen Zápolya and younger brother of King John I of Hungary ( János Zápolya ).
The Szapolyai or Zápolya family was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 15th century and in the early 16th century. A member of the family, John Szapolyai, was King of Hungary between 1526 and 1540, but he only ruled the central and eastern parts of the kingdom, because many Hungarian lords and prelates supported ...
Sep 5, 2022 · When all of Louis’ Hungarian forces united in early August between the towns of Osijek, on the Drava, and Tolna, 100km further north, a dysfunctional war council selected Archbishop Pál Tomori and Hungarian nobleman Count George Zápolya de Szepes, brother of the future John I of Hungary, as joint army commanders.
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Apr 30, 2022 · Count György (George) Zápolya de Szepes (Croatian: Juraj Zapolja, Hungarian: Szapolyai György or Zápolya György, Romanian: Gheorghe Zápolya, Slovak: Juraj Zápoľský; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) was a Hungarian magnate, son of Palatine István Zápolya and younger brother of King John I of Hungary (János Zápolya).
George Zápolya disappeared and presumably died in the battle. According to a hypothesis by a court chaplain, Miklós Tatai, Zápolya murdered King Louis II of Hungary, who escaped from the battle, in the house of the vicar in Dunaszekcső. The historians do not accept this report as credible.
George Zápolya (ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács; Barbara Zápolya (1495 – 2 October 1515), queen consort of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young. He was buried in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house. Notes
Count George Zápolya de Szepes (Croatian: Juraj Zapolja, Hungarian: Szapolyai György or Zápolya György, Romanian: Gheorghe Zápolya, Slovak: Juraj Zápoľský; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) was a Hungarian magnate, son of Palatine Stephen Zápolya and younger brother of King John I of Hungary (János Zápolya). He served as Hereditary Lord Lieutenant (Count; supremus et perpetuus comes) of ...
