Johann Kemény

Johann Kemény

Johann Kemény [ ˈkɛmeːɲ ], Prince of Transylvania (* 1607 in Bükkös , today Bichiș , Transylvania , Romania ; †  January 23, 1662 in Nagyszőllős (later Keménynagyszőllős , today Seleuș , Romania)) was a Hungarian military leader .

Kemény studied in Karlsburg and was from 1622 page at the court of Gábor Bethlens , who repeatedly sent him for political tasks, so in 1628 to Constantinople . After Bethlen's death in 1629, Kemény belonged to the widow's party, but soon went over to Georg I. Rákóczi , took part in the Hungarian campaign from 1644 to 1645 and played a major role in the conclusion of the Peace of Linz .

Under George II Rákóczi he led a brilliant campaign on the Vltava , but in 1657 during the Polish campaign he was taken prisoner by the Tatars who held him prisoner in the Crimea for two years . After the death of George II. Rákóczi, Kemény became Prince of Transylvania in 1661 , but fell on January 23, 1662 at Nagyszőllős in a battle with the Turks, the allies of the opposing Prince Michael I. Apafi .

Works

• Psalter . (1659, printed by Susanne Lorántffy)
• Autobiography . Pest (1817), ed. by Karl Rumy

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kemény, Johann (Prince of Transylvania) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 147 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Kálmán Benda: Kemény, János . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 2. Munich 1976, p. 396 f.