Dorottya Kanizsai
Dorottya Kanizsai (d. after 1532) was a Hungarian noblewoman known for her role in burying the dead at the Battle of Mohács.
Born into an aristocratic family, she married first Péter Geréb and then Imre Perényi, who both held the office of palatine.[1][2]
According to the seventeenth-century historian Miklós Istvánffy, Dorottya hired four hundred workers to bury the soldiers killed at the battle of Mohács.[3][4] The story was commemorated with a painting by Sóma Orlai Petrics (1860), a postage stamp,[5] and a statue at the Mohács National Memorial.[6]
In her second widowhood, she held court at the castle of Siklós, where she was known for her humanitarian work.[2]
She is the namesake of several buildings, including the Kaniszai Dorottya Múzeum.[2]
Gallery
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Plaque to Dorottya Kanizsai at Nádasdy Castle -
Sculpture of Dorottya Kanizsai by Iván Sándor, circa 1933 -
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1944 postage stamp depicting Dorottya Kanizsai -
Sculpture of Dorottya Kanizsai in Siklós, by Miklós Borsos
References
- ^ Kelényi, Borbála (2012). "Kanizsai Dorottya végrendelete és a bajcsi pálosoknak tett adományai". Fons: Forráskutatás És Történeti Segédtudományok. 19 (4): 495–529. ISSN 1217-8020.
- ^ a b c "Dorottya Kanizsai – Kanizsai Dorottya Múzeum". Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ The Battle of Mohács, 1526. BRILL. 2024-10-14. pp. 195–202. ISBN 978-90-04-70749-8.
- ^ Zrt, Akadémiai Kiadó. "Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II - Dorottya Kanizsai (c. 1490 – 1532): Founder of Hungarian War Grave Caretaking • Ágota Budai - MeRSZ". mersz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ Partington, Paul G. (1979). Who's who on the Postage Stamps of Eastern Europe. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-1266-6.
- ^ Hajnal, Gábor (2015-07-12). "Mohács, where the Ottoman domination of medieval Hungary began - Photo Gallery". Retrieved 2025-11-13.