Imre Sulyok

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Imre Sulyok
Chancellor of Transylvania
In office
1576 25 January 1578
Monarch Stephen Báthory
Preceded by Ferenc Forgách
Succeeded by Márton Berzeviczy
Farkas Kovacsóczy
Personal details
Died(1578-01-25)January 25, 1578
Nationality Hungarian
Spouse(s) Borbála Keresztúry

Imre Sulyok de Lekcse et Alsószopor (? 25 January 1578) was a Hungarian politician in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania from 1576 until his death.

Hungary Country in Central Europe

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest. Other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) semi-indipendent state between 1570 and 1711

The Principality of Transylvania was a semi-independent state, ruled primarily by Hungarian princes. Its territory, in addition to the traditional Transylvanian lands, also included eastern regions of Hungary, called Partium. The establishment of the principality was connected with Treaty of Speyer. However Stephen Báthory's status as king of Poland also helped to phase in the name Principality of Transylvania. It was usually under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire; however, the principality often had dual vassalage in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Biography

Sulyok was born into a Sulyok gens (clan) of Szatmár County. His parents were István Sulyok and Klára Kende. He married Borbála Keresztúry, whom he had a son and a daughter. He studied at the University of Wittenberg between 1562 and 1563.

Szatmár County county of the Kingdom of Hungary

Szatmár County was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Romania and north-eastern Hungary, south of the river Tisza. The capital of the county was Nagykároly, today called Carei.

He served as a clerk for voivode Christopher Báthory's Chancellery in 1567. He functioned as Master of Judgement from 1572 to 1574. Prince Stephen Báthory sent Sulyok as his envoy to Vienna in the court of King Maximilian to thank the monarch's intervention in the promoting peace between the Prince and Gáspár Bekes. Sulyok went to Warsaw in 1575 and visited the Sejm to urge them to offer the Polish throne for Prince Báthory. He participated in the reorganizing of the place of authentication of the Kolozsmonostor Abbey in that same year.

Voivode of Transylvania the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century

The Voivode of Transylvania was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century. Appointed by the monarchs, the voivodes – themselves also the heads or ispáns of Fehér County – were the superiors of the ispáns of all the other counties in the province.

Christopher Báthory voivode of Transylvania

Christopher Báthory was voivode of Transylvania from 1576 to 1581. He was a younger son of Stephen Báthory of Somlyó. Christopher's career began during the reign of Queen Isabella Jagiellon, who administered the eastern territories of the Kingdom of Hungary on behalf of her son, John Sigismund Zápolya, from 1556 to 1559. He was one of the commanders of John Sigismund's army in the early 1560s.

The Prince of Transylvania was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last decades of the 16th century until the middle of the 18th century. John Sigismund Zápolya was the first to adopt the title in 1570, but its use only became stable from 1576.

Imre Sulyok was appointed Chancellor of Transylvania in the next year, replacing Ferenc Forgách, when Stephen Báthory became King of Poland and his younger brother, Christopher ruled the county as voivode. Sulyok had estates in Doboka County. He died in office on 25 January 1578. He was succeeded by Farkas Kovacsóczy (for voivode Christopher in Transylvania) and Márton Berzeviczy (for Stephen Báthory in Poland).

Ferenc Forgách, Archbishop of Esztergom Roman Catholic archbishop

Baron Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes et Gács was a Hungarian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as archbishop of Esztergom from 1607 to 1615.

Doboka County was a county in Transylvania between the 11th or 12th century and 1876.

Farkas Kovacsóczy de Körtvélyfa was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania from Summer 1578 to 28 August 1594. His son, István later became Chancellor too.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Ferenc Forgách
Chancellor of Transylvania
15761578
Succeeded by
Márton Berzeviczy
Farkas Kovacsóczy