George Zápolya

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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 Hereditatry Lord Lieutenant (Count; supremus et perpetuus comes) of Szepes County.

He was relegated to the political life besides his brother. He was engaged Elisabeth Corvinus, daughter of John Corvinus, in 1504, but the last surviving member of the Hunyadi family died in 1508. He became one of the commanders of the Hungarian Royal Army in the Battle of Mohács, the other one was Archbishop of Kalocsa Pál Tomori. 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.

Bibliography

  • Károly Kiss (ed.): Mohács emlékezete. Európa Könyvkiadó, Budapest 1979. 80-81. old. ISBN 963 07 14140
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