Count György Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek

Count György Cseszneky was a Hungarian nobleman of the 16th century and member of the Cseszneky family.

When Ludwig II (Bohemia and Hungary) at the Battle of Mohács ( 1526) fell against the Ottomans, was György Cseszneky castellan of locks Tata (Hungary) and Komárom, today Komárno, Slovakia. In the competition for the Hungarian throne between Johann Zápolya and Archduke Ferdinand I ( HRR ) of Habsburg, he supported Ferdinand's concern. As Gáspár Ráskai, Zápolyas commander, the Castle of Tata besieged Cseszneky finally had to give up the castle. He went to Pozsony, now Bratislava to Maria of Castile, Ferndinands sister and widow of Louis II, to ask for help. In 1528, he and Thomas III besieged. Nádasdy the castle of Győr in Ferdinand's place. Queen Mary appointed him judge of the royal court of Győr. When Emperor Charles V ( HRR ) 1532 Garcilaso de la Vega banished into exile on a Danube island, Cseszneky was responsible for its care. Later Cseszneky became a follower of Protestantism and supporter of the Lutheran faith. Ferdinand I awarded him the Hungarian magnate title, awarded him the right to use for red seal wax and gave him various properties, including the villages Kisbabot, Enese, Rábacsécsény and Utal.

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• Jászay Pál: A magyar nemzet napjai a mohácsi vész után. Plague, 1846.
• Bunyitay Vince: Egyháztörténeti emlékek a Magyarországi hitújítás korából
• Szávay Gyula: Győr: Monografia a város jelenkoráról a Történelmi idők érintésével
• Payr Sándor: A dunántúli evangélikus egyházkerület története

• Noble
• Hungarian
• Born in the 15th or 16th century
• Died in the 16th century
• Man