Miklós Istvanffy

Miklós Istvanffy, 1575

Miklós Istvánffy (* 1538 in Kisasszonyfalva ; † 1615 ) was a Hungarian historian .

Istvánffy studied in Bologna and, having returned from there, served from 1562 to 1568 as the secretary of the Primate Miklós Oláh .

After his death he was appointed secretary at the Hungarian court chancellery in Vienna by Emperor Maximilian II and vice-chancellor in 1575. He also had the confidence of Emperor Rudolf II , who appointed him deputy Palatine.

He was also entrusted with several important political broadcasts. Istvánffy immortalized his name in literature through the work Historiarum de rebus hungaricis libri 34 , which was published by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Cologne in 1622, then published several times and published in Hungarian in 1870.

Works

Historiarum de rebus Ungaricis libri XXXIV . Anton Hierat, Cologne 1622 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library in Munich)
- Regni Hungarici historia , Post obitum gloriosissimi Matthiae Corvini regis XXXIV. Quo Apostolicum hoc Regnum Turcarum potissimum armis barbare invasum, libris XXXIV… exacte descripta. 2nd edition Johann Wilhelm Friess, Cologne 1685 ( Google Books )
- (expanded by Johann Jakob Ketteler ): Regni hungarici historia . 3rd edition Heinrich Rommerskirchen, Cologne 1724 ( Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Miklós Istvánffy - collection of images, videos and audio files

Biography ( Memento from February 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

↑ Johann Jakob Ketteler (1640–1718), Canon and Vicar to St. Gereon in Cologne, historian.

personal data
SURNAME	Istvanffy, Miklós
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Istvánfy, Nikolaus (Meyers)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1538
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kisasszonyfalva
DATE OF DEATH	1615

[1] Johann Jakob Ketteler (1640–1718), Canon and Vicar to St. Gereon in Cologne, historian.