Miklós Istvánffy
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| Baron of Baranyavár and Kisasszonyfalva | |
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| Palatinal Governor of Hungary | |
| Reign | 19 January 1582 – November 1608 |
| Predecessor | Imre Czobor |
| Successor | office abolished |
| Spouse(s) | Erzsébet Both de Bajna |
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Issue
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Full name
Baron Miklós Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva
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| Noble family | House of Istvánffy |
| Father | Pál Istvánfi |
| Mother | Hedvig Gyulay |
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December 8, 1538 Kisasszonyfa, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | April 1, 1615 (aged 76) Vinica, Kingdom of Croatia |
Baron Miklós Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva (Latin: Nicolaus Istuanfius; 8 December 1538 – 1 April 1615) was a Hungarian politician, Humanist historian and poet, who served as Palatinal Governor of Hungary (Hungarian: nádori helytartó) from 19 January 1582 to November 1608.
He is often called as "Livy of Hungary", because of his historiographical activity and, because, he studied in Padua, the birthplace of the great Roman historian (then called Patavium).
He was the second son of Pál Istvánfi ("son of István"), who functioned as Ispán (Count; comes) of Baranya County and was also a member of the Royal Council. His mother was his father's second wife, Hedvig Gyulay. One of his brothers, István (d. 1585) held the office of Vice-ispán (Viscount; vicecomes) of Veszprém County. The family had to leave Baranya County, when the Ottomans invaded and occupied Pécs in 1543 (the Christian armies were able to recapture the town only in 1686). Istvánffy served archbishop Pál Várdai as his hencman in Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia). After the death of Várdai (1549), he became a protegee of Nicolaus Olahus. He studied at the universities of Bologna and Padua after 1551; at the latter place he learned Latin philology from the great Humanist scholar János Zsámboky.
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