Péter Koháry (1564–1632) Outline and sources for a biography in preparation

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present an outline of Péter Koháry’s life (1564–1632) and his correspondence, as well as other sources of his life and with the help of them to show his role in Habsburg–Ottoman diplomatic affairs and in the Hungarian military administration. More precisely, this article aims at summarising the main steps of his life and showing the partial results of the collection of his correspondence (e.g. elaboration of these letters and their quantitative analysis, the most important parts of Koháry’s network of relations).