Szirácsik Éva: Gazdálkodás a Koháryak Nógrád vármegyei központú birtokain (1647-1731) - Mezőgazdaságtörténeti tanulmányok 13. (Budapest, 2017)
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ÉVA SZIRÁCSIK Farming on the Koháry estates centred in Nógrád County (1647-1731) The most prominent land acquisitions of the Koháry family took place between the lives of Péter Koháry (1564-1629) and András Koháry (1694-1757), but the estates of the Kohárys in the Kingdom of Hungary reached their largest extent during the life of Count István II Koháry (1649-1731), Chief Justice. The estates in Nógrád County were based by István I Koháry (1616-1664) on the inheritance of his wife, Baroness Judit Balassa, from her grandfather, Tamás II Bosnyák. He later extended these holdings with the Szécsény manor, pledged in 1647, and with the Gyöngyös manor, which also included villages in Nógrád County. István I Koháry as Warden of Fülek acquired through his wife the Fülek manor, while his son, István II Koháry in 1701 acquired the market town estates of Fülek, previously owned by the Báthory family. In 1700 an agreement was made with the Zichy family, according to which the lands left by Tamás II Bosnyák were obtained by István II Koháry through the female line; this property later became the Karancsság manor. When István and János Koháry and their familiaries were held hostage by Imre Thököly, their ransom was 10,000 ducats, which was redeemed with a portion of the Divény manor formerly owned by Imre III Balassa. These properties became the Zsély and Divény manors of the Kohárys. Until the death of István II Koháry the family lost their properties twice: during the Thököly Uprising and Rákóczi’s War of Freedom. In both cases the family managed to repossess their estates. The properties centred in Nógrád County included until 1724 the Szécsény, Gyöngyös and Zsély manors; after that also the Fülek manor of István II Koháry and the other Fülek manor of Farkas Koháry and his sons; and the Karancsság manor linked to the Chief Justice. The Koháry portion of the Divény manor belonged to the Hont County holdings of the family. The Nógrád County estates were administered from Szécsény until 1724, but after the pledge was redeemed Fülek became the centre. The Koháry family made a distinction between their undivided common estates and the private estate of István II Koháry and the one owned by the sons of Farkas Koháry and later the only surviving son, András Koháry. The estate of István II Koháry consisted of the Fülek, Karancsság and Zsély manors. The estate of the sons of Farkas Koháry and later András Koháry was the other Fülek manor. The common family estates included until 1724 the Szécsény and Gyöngyös manors, and after that, the Bosnyák inheritance without the pledged properties. In 1724 the Forgách family redeemed their formerly pledged estates, that is the Szécsény and Gyöngyös manors. This is when the Zsély manor was probably transferred administratively to the Divény estate of István II Koháry. A peculiarity of Koháry land ownership was that the three types of land holdings were administered as one 315
