- György Kossuth
Unreferenced date December 2011 Eastern name order udvardi s kossuthfalvi Kossuth Gy rgy Gy rgy Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva lang sk Juraj Ko t , 1781, Kossuth 31 July 1849, Kossuth was a Hungarian nobleman, an agronomist and a supporter of the Slovaks Slovak national movement. Family The origin of Kossuth family is dated back to the 13th century when king B la IV of Hungary granted them the aristocratic title and the feod in Tur c County T r c Slovak Turiec in 1263. The family residency was in the village Kosut before Dvorec , now the part of Martin, Slovakia . The word ko t in archaic Slovak means a billy goat or a somersault . The family was a typical example of provincial gentry in the Kingdom of Hungary and was kindred with other families of the local Slovak gentry in the region of Tur c and Lipt County Lipt Liptov Beniczky de Benice , Rakovszky de R k , Raks nszky de Kisraksa , Z borszky de Z bor and Zatureczky de Zaturcs ny . J nos Kossuth in 1639 helped to establish a Protestant community in Kosut. His son Mikl s Kossuth 1595 1661 was a captain of the hussar unit recruited in Tur c, participated in the defence of rsek jv r today Nov Z mky and died later in Ottoman captivity. The family still exists in Slovakia. The father of Gy rgy Kossuth was P vel Kossuth and his mother was Zsuzsanna Kossuth n e Beniczky . Gy rgy Kossuth had two brothers Simon and L szl and one sister Jana . L szl 1762 1839 was the father of Hungarian statesman Lajos Kossuth . Gy rgy Kossuth was married to Anna ? 1862? but this couple had no children. Political and social activity Gy rgy Kossuth inherited and administered the family estate in Kosut. He became famous due to the modern methods of agriculture which he introduced in northern Upper Hungary which is today Slovakia . He spoke Hungarian language Hungarian , Slovak language Slovak , Czech language Czech , Latin language Latin and German language German and served as a judge of provincial courts. He strongly supported ... more details
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