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•the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Andechs-Merania
•married at the age of 14 (Ludwig IV of Thuringia)
•Her children: Hermann, Sophia, Gertrude
Sophia’s husband was Henry II, Duke of Brabant whose descendant is Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Her legend:
she was taking bread to the poor in secret
her husband asked her what she had in the pouch
she opened it and the bread turned into roses
MariaMaria van Hongarijevan Hongarije
Louis II Louis II (King of (King of
Hungary)Hungary)
MariaMaria van Hongarijevan Hongarije
After her husband’s death her brother, Charles V appointed her the governor of the Netherlands for 24 years
Actual Dutch-Hungarian relations
started with the Reformation• fight for autonomy and freedom of religion
• Hungarian Reformed schools sent students to study in the Netherlands for centuries
• their stay was funded by Dutch scholarships
• they studied in Harderwijk, Utrecht, Leiden, Groningen and Franeker
Apáczai Csere János• a great 16th century scientist
• Studied in The Netherlands
• Hungarian Encyclopaedia
• married Aletta van der Maet
Károli/Vizsoly Bible
Károli Gáspár, a Calvinist pastor and the dean of Gönc, first published this Bible in 1590 in Vizsoly, Hungary.
This is the first complete Hungarian version of the Bible and is commonly known as the Vizsoly Bible.
• He was born in 1650 in a town, called (Alsó)Misztótfalu
• Travelled to Amsterdam in 1680 to learn printing
• His aim was to print the revised Hungarian-language Bible
• Learnt: letter moulding typography
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter
• 1607-1676
• rescued 26 Hungarian Protestant preachers from slavery in Naples
Monument of the galley slaves in Debrecen, Hungary
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
2 Timothy 4:7-8
Charitable Hosts
• After the two World Wars suffering poor and orphaned Hungarian children were invited to stay in the Netherlands and Belgium for months or years
• Some of the children were adopted
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