Tamás Esterházy (1570–1616)


Tamás Esterházy de Galántha was a Hungarian noble, son of Vice-ispán of Pozsony County Ferenc Esterházy. One of his brothers was Nikolaus, Count Esterházy who served as Palatine of Hungary.
He studied at the University of Wittenberg since 3 October 1589 where he converted to Calvinism. He translated one of his teacher, Aegidius Hunnius's works into Hungarian. Cardinal Péter Pázmány, a key member and initiator of the Hungarian counter-Reformation condemned Esterházy's work and called Hunnius' publication as "evil".
Tamás Esterházy died in 1616 at Galántha, ancient estate of the House of Esterházy.

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