Count Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek

Who is Count Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek?

Count Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a Hungarian nobleman and border castle hero in the 16th century. Member of the Cseszneky family.

Mihály Cseszneky was appointed chief-lieutenant to the Castle of Várpalota in 1559, after he and Balázs Baranyai had liberated several villages under Ottoman occupation in the southern part of Veszprém and Fejér counties. For his merits King Ferdinand I donated him Bakonynána, Dudar, Káloz, Láng, Aba and Felegres villages.

Being the right-hand of castellan György Thury, in 1566 he played an important role in the defense of the Castle of Várpalota with 450-500 Hungarian warriors against the 7000-8000 Turkish soldiers of Arslan, Pasha of Buda. Under the leadership of castellan Thury and chief-lieutenant Cseszneky the defenders successfully withstood the siege until Count Salm's relief troops arrived from Győr. Then the warriors of Várpalota helped Salm to reconquer Veszprém and Tata.