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'''György Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek''' was a Hungarian aristocrat in the 16th century. Member of the [[Cseszneky]] family.
In 1526 when the disastrous battle with the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] happened and [[Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia|Louis II]] died in the battlefield, György Cseszneky was the [[castellan]] of the Castle of [[Tata, Hungary|Tata]]. The plundering Ottoman army ransacked the area, but Cseszneky successfully defended the castle. In the struggle for the throne of Hungary between Voivode [[János Szapolyai|John Zapolya]] and Archduke [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand of Habsburg]], he supported Ferdinand's claim. In 1528 he and [[Tamás I Nádasdy|Tamás Nádasdy]] occupied the castle of Győr for [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand of Habsburg]]. Queen Mary, widow of King Louis II and sister of Ferdinand, appointed him royal court judge of [[Győr]]. In 1532 when the Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had sent [[Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)|Garcilaso de la Vega]] into exile to an island in the [[Danube]], Count Cseszneky was responsible for the provision of the Spanish poet. Later György became a devoted follower of [[Protestantism]] and defender of the [[Lutheran]] faith. King Ferdinand I bestowed upon him the Hungarian magnate title, awarded him with the right of use of red sealing wax and donated him several estates, among them: [[Bük|Alsóbük]], [[Oberpullendorf|Felsőpulya]], [[Kisbabot]], [[Enese]], [[Rábacsécsény]] and [[Utal]] villages.
== Sources ==
* Jászay Pál: A magyar nemzet napjai a mohácsi vész után. Pest, 1846.
* Bunyitay Vince: Egyháztörténeti emlékek a magyarországi hitújítás korából
* Szávay Gyula: Győr: monográfia a város jelenkoráról a történelmi idők érintésével
* [http://mek.oszk.hu/01800/01850/html/02.htm Payr Sándor: A dunántúli evangélikus egyházkerület története]
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[[Category:16th-century Hungarian nobility]]