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SERES ISTVÁN: Az ajnácskői vár szerepe a török kiűzése idején, különös tekintettel a Fülek várához fűződő kapcsolatára
István Seres THE ROLE OF AJNÁCSKŐ CASTLE AT THE TIME OF THE TURKISH EXPULSION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FÜLEK CASTLE Together with Somoskő in Nógrád County the castle at Ajnácskő in Gömör County served as an outpost (or “filial fortress”) for Fülek Castle. It belonged to the Vécsey and Iványi-Fekete families, and ultimately to Ádám Vay, through the Iványi-Fekete line. As a result of the Kuruc movements at the end of the 17th century the small castle grew in importance when, together with Somoskő, it fell under the command of the captain general of Fülek, Count István Koháry. The size the garrison was always fluctuating although this was for the most part only a question of soldiers from the Fülek garrison replacing one another, with a castellan rather than a captain general at the helm. Ajnácskő gained some notoriety in the literature devoted the Kuruc movements on account of a tragic event, in which during the summer of 1681 four local soldiers murdered the castellan István Szabó. One of the murderers was a certain Albert Kis, who has been identified as one of Ferenc Rákóczi II’s later infantry colonels. Examples of the “edictum”, the castle statutes issued to the army, have proved important primary sources in the study of the life of the Ajnácskő garrison, particularly when helping us understand the way in which the castle operated. At the present time we know of three such documents, dating from July 16th 1677, April 1678 and November 12th 1682. The latter is interesting because it was issued by the castellan of Ajnácskő, György Dienes, who had been appointed by Imre Thököly (!), on behalf of the jailer János Bajta. Although prior to the surrender of Fülek on 10"1 September 1682, Ajnácskő fell into Kuruc hands, in November it was back in Habsburg hands. In the years that followed the Ajnácskő forces took part in the wars against the Kuruc and the Turks, and were present at the liberation of Buda and Eger among other places. The small castle’s final military action can be linked with the Rákóczi War for Freedom. Between 1709 and 1710a smaller garrison moved here. 388
