Péter Petrovics

Péter Petrovics (Hungarian: Petrovics Péter; Serbian: Петар Петровић/Petar Petrović; c. 1486 – October 1557) was a Hungarian noble of Serb ethnicity from Banat, who was active in the 16th-century Transylvania. Count Petrovics first appeared on the historical scene after the death of Jovan Nenad, on the side of John Zápolya, with whom he had familial ties. In 1556, using Serbian troops, he attacked the units of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and in doing so achieved the return to the Hungarian throne of John Sigismund Zápolya.

He had considerable wealth and power in the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom during this period, one of the kingdom's wealthiest landowners as a cousin and supporter of John Zápolya (John I), with a vast array of estates. He was a fervent supporter of the Reformation. A staunchly anti-Habsburg, pro-Ottoman magnate who was a councilor and guardian of John Sigismund Zápolya (John II), he was an adherent of Calvinism and used his power to be a major influence in the Reformation in Hungary, driving out altars and the portraits of saints from churches. A great statesman, he was also commander of Temesvár (today Timișoara, Romania) and ban of Lugos and Karánsebes under Queen Isabella. Petrovics also had large estate in Banat, around Temesvár.

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