Mikes family

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House of Mikes
Country Kingdom of Hungary
Principality of Transylvania
Titles

  • Baron (1693)
  • Count (1696)
Founded 16th century
Founder Miklós I
Cadet branches Zágon branch

The Mikes de Zabola is a Hungarian noble family of Székely origin from the 16th century.

Notable members

  • Mihály Mikes (d. 1662), Chancellor of Transylvania (1656–1660)
  • Mihály Mikes (soldier) (d. 1721), created Baron (1693) then Count (1696), became kuruc after 1703
  • Kelemen Mikes (1820–1849), Honvéd general in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, killed in the Siege of Nagyszeben (Sibiu)
  • János Mikes (1876–1945), Bishop of Szombathely (1911–1936)

From the Zágon branch

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