Franc III. Nádasdy in Prekmurje. Ob 340. obletnici usmrtitve protihabsburškega zarotnika

slovenian

2011

volume 59, issue 2

anti-Habsburg conspiracy   Esterházy family   history   history of Prekmurje   Hungarian kingdom   Hungary   Nádasdy family

Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The paper focuses on Count Ferenc III Nádasdy (1623-1671), member of one of the most famous and most prominent Hungarian noble families in its day. At the same time, the presentation of a leading figure of the Hungarian 17th century history makes for a splendid opportunity to reveal a fragment from the opus on nobility from the neighbouring area. Especially since until bis death this person was also in the possession of a vast estate in the territory of the present-day Republic of Slovenia, Prekmurje. Ferenc III Nádasdy passed into history as one of the leading conspirators against King Leopold I of Habsburg. The exposure of the conspiracy and a mock trial ultimately cost Ferenc his head: he was beheaded on 30 April 1671 in Vienna. During the years of his lordship, the lower part of the present-day Prekmurje was again facing turbulent times, but after Ferenc's death it came into the possession of the Hungarian Royal Chamber. The central part of the paper presents two sources - surveys of property within the framework of his Beltinci estate: the first dates back to 1662 and the second, undated, dates back to the time immediately following the seizure of property.

29.08.2014