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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: 33. Chapters: Bathory family, Hungarian expatriates in Poland, Thurzo family, Elizabeth Bathory, Stephen Bathory, Sigismund Bathory, Christopher Bathory, Maurice Benyovszky, Elizabeth Bathory in popular culture, Gabriel Bathory, Julia Bathory, Micha Boym, Stephen V Bathory, Ferenc Plattko, Piotr Anderszewski, Akiva Eger, Kinga of Poland, Johannes Honter, Jolenta of Poland, Turzovka, Barbara Zapolya, Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvar, Balint Bakfark, Briccius Bathory, Judith of Hungary, Tibor Szabo, Andrew Bathory, Jesza Poszony, Gabor Vayer, Stephen III Bathory, Tamas Kulcsar, Stephen VIII Bathory, Gabor Straka, Arpad Majoros, Stephen VII Bathory, Karl Doppler. 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 ...
