Ádám Batthyány, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ádám Batthyány

Hungarian noble

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1609

Place of Birth: Güssing, Burgenland, Austria

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1659

Profession: chamberlain

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659) was a Hungarian count of the Batthyány family.
He presided over a period of religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics, which extended to his court.
His father had been Calvinist, as had he, but he later became Lutheran and then in 1629 he converted to Catholicism.
At court tensions over religion led Protestant servants to reportedly throw meat into wine on fast days to provoke Catholics.
He also had to manage an occasionally tense border with Ottoman Empire.