Márton Berzeviczy

Márton Berzeviczy de Berzevicze et Kakaslomnicz (1538 – 16 February 1596)[1] was a Hungarian noble and diplomat in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania for Stephen Báthory between January 1578 and 1586.

Márton Berzeviczy
Chancellor of Transylvania
In office
January 1578 – 1586
MonarchStephen Báthory
Preceded byImre Sulyok
Succeeded byFarkas Kovacsóczy
Personal details
Born1538
Berzevice, Kingdom of Hungary
(today: Brezovica, Slovakia)
Died16 February 1596
Osiek, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
NationalityHungarian
Spouse(s)Katalin Woianowski
The native form of this personal name is berzeviczei és kakaslomniczi Berzeviczy Márton. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Biography

He was born into an old noble family of German origin as the son of Kristóf Berzeviczy and Katalin Bertóthy. He married Katalin Woianowski, a German-Polish noblewoman in 1578, they had three children.

Berzeviczy served as recorder for Palatine Tamás Nádasdy since 1558. In the next year he worked for the Hungarian Court Chancellery in Vienna. He studied at the University of Halle-Wittenberg between 1559 and 1560.

References
  1. Markó 2006, p. 99.

Sources
  • Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon pp. 99–100. (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.
  • Veress, Endre: Berzeviczy Márton 1538-1596. História antik Könyvesház Kiadó, Budapest, 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Imre Sulyok		 Chancellor of Transylvania
1578–1586		 Succeeded by
Farkas Kovacsóczy
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