Thurzó family
Hungarian noble family (15th-17th century) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The House of Thurzó (Slovak: Turzo; Polish: Turzonowie) was a Hungarian noble family from the 15th century to the first half of the 17th century. It was in Kraków that the rise of the Thurzó family began, and the family in turn boosted that city into an important center of business, science, and Renaissance high culture. The family's long-term involvement in capitalist enterprises, high-level politics, the affairs of the Church, and its patronage of the arts made the family rich, famous and powerful well beyond the city. Its achievements resembled the Medici family in Italy and France, perhaps the Fugger family in Germany. Key family patriarchs were János Thurzó (1437–1508) and his sons János V (1466–1520), bishop of Wrocław, and Stanislav I (1471–1540), bishop of Olomouc, and Palatine György who founded town Turzovka.
House of Thurzó | |
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Country | Habsburg Monarchy Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
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Founded | 1430s |
Founder | György (I) |
Final ruler | Imre (Orava branch) Mihály (Spiš branch) |
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Estate(s) | Betlenfalva, Nagybiccse |
Dissolution | 1621 (Orava branch) 1636 (Spiš branch) |
Cadet branches | Orava branch Spiš branch |
Karen Lambrecht argues that the family's most important role was in facilitating "intercultural communications." That is they used their vast network of friends, clients and allies to introduce new concepts in the arts, facilitate the exchange of ideas among scientists, and open contacts among different high status social groups.[1]