Bálint Drugeth Explained

Bálint Drugeth
Succession:Judge royal
Reign:1608–1609
Predecessor:Zsigmond Forgách
Successor:Zsigmond Forgách
Noble Family:House of Drugeth
Father:István Drugeth
Mother:Fruzsina Török
Spouse:Erzsébet Rákóczi
Krisztina Horváth
Birth Date:1577
Death Place:Ungvár, Kingdom of Hungary
(today: Uzhhorod, Ukraine)
Issue:István (d. 1610)

Bálint Drugeth de Geren et Homonna (Hungarian: gereni és homonnai Drugeth Bálint; 1577 – 7 November 1609), also anglicized as Valentine Drugeth, was judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1608 to 1609.

Early life

Bálint was the son of István Drugeth, ispán (or head) of Ung County, and Fruzsina Török. He was born in 1577.

Career

He joined Stephen Bocskai in early 1605. Bocskai named Drugeth his successor in his last will.

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