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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Sandor Ferenczi, Maurice Benyovszky, Laszlo Kubala, Stibor of Stiboricz, Elisabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, W adys aw Opolczyk, John Zapolya, Jozef Bem, Max Nordau, Janos Starker, Piotr Anderszewski, Romola de Pulszky, Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, Michael Heilprin, Moshe Teitelbaum, Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, Angelo Heilprin, Jonathan Alexandersohn, Siget, Barbara Zapolya, Benjamin Wolf Low, Polanyi, Meir Eisenstadt, Albert Schickedanz, Margit Slachta, Vazul, Hedwig of Cieszyn, Ilona Duczy ska, Mano Kogutowicz. Excerpt: Maurice Benyovszky, (Hungarian: , Polish: , Slovak: ) born as Benyovszky Moric Agost (20 September 1746, Vrbau (Vrbove), Kingdom of Hungary - 23 May 1786, Madagascar), was a Hungarian count with Hungarian, Polish and Slovak ancestry. He was a globetrotter, explorer, colonizer, writer, chess player, ruler of a community in Madagascar, a French colonel, Polish military commander, and Austrian soldier. Benyovszky could speak more than five languages. Regardless of his nationality, he is a pride of three nations: Hungarian, Slovak, and Polish. Benyovszky was a Hungarian count of Hungarian, Slovak and Polish background. His father was Samuel Benyovszky from the Trencsen county (Tren in, present-day Slovakia) of the Kingdom of Hungary. His mother, Rozalia Revay, was a baroness, from the noble Hungarian Revay family, and was the widow of a general when she married Benyovszky's father. In the 16th century, after the Battle of Mohacs the Hungarian family moved from southern to northern Hungary, away from the territory invaded by the Ottomans. The Benyovszky family has a long history. The ancestors of the Benyovszky family left Hungary to Poland, when the king was Charles I of Hungary, because they were relatives of Felician Zach, a supporter of Mate Csak. In 1396, Benjamin and Urban returned to Hungary and they...