person
Imre Perényi (palatine)
Palatine Perényi
also: Perényi Imre, Emericus Perényi
Imre Perényi (1458–1519), Palatine of Hungary from 1504 until his death; his death opens the factional competition for the palatinate depicted in the 'II. Lajos' fragment.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §23 Palatine Perényi is dead
Imre Perényi served as Palatine of Hungary; the death of the palatine triggers the political competition at the opening of this fragment, as Szapolyai maneuvers for the succession.
- Louis II (Fragment) §1 Palatine Perényi
Perényi Imre (c. 1458–1519), Palatine of Hungary under Vladislaus II and Louis II; the palatine was the kingdom's highest secular official, second only to the king.