Márton Berzeviczy
Hungarian politician
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| Intro | Hungarian politician | |
| Places | Hungary | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Death | 16 February 1596 |
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Márton Berzeviczy de Berzevicze et Kakaslomnicz (1538 – 16 February 1596) was a Hungarian noble and diplomat in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania for Stephen Báthory between January 1578 and 1586.
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He was born into an old noble family of German origin as the son of Kristóf Berzeviczy and Katalin Bertóthy. He married Katalin Woianowski, a German-Polish noblewoman in 1578, they had three children.
Berzeviczy served as recorder for Palatine Tamás Nádasdy since 1558. In the next year he worked for the Hungarian Court Chancellery in Vienna. He studied at the University of Halle-Wittenberg between 1559 and 1560.