Kata Szidónia Petrőczy
Illustration — Kata Szidónia Petrőczy Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1658 –21 October 1708) was a Hungarian writer and poet. She is regarded as the first female writer of the Baroque period in Hungary and its foremost representative of Baroque prose. Kata Szidónia was the daughter of baron Stephen Petrőczy and Elisabeth Thököly and cousin of prince Imre Thököly of Transylvania.
Also recorded as Kata Szidonia Petroczy · Baronesse Katharina Sidonia Petróczy de Kaszavár · Katharina Sidonia Petróczy de Kaszavár
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy
Horváth Iván - Kőszeghy Péter: A reneszánsz és a barokk kora (1550–1750), Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, 1986, ISBN 963-741-17-8, pic: XVI. (Magyar Digitális Múzeumi Könyvtár) · Public domain
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- 1708 · Chynadiyovo.
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- Kingdom of Hungary
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- poet · writer
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Her family was Protestant. After her father participated in 1670 in a rebellion against Habsburg, they lived in exile in Poland for a while. She married Petrovinai Pekry Lőrinc in 1681, and became the grandmother of writer Polixénia Daniel (1720–1776). The couple were deeply involved in the political life of Hungary and Transylvania. Her poems were published in 1874.
The authorities additionally record the headings Kata Szidonia Petroczy, Baronesse Katharina Sidonia Petróczy de Kaszavár and Katharina Sidonia Petróczy de Kaszavár. Her recorded confession was Lutheranism. She was the child of István Petrőczy Sr. She married Lőrinc Pekri. One child is recorded: Katalin, Gräfin Pekry de Petrovina.
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1659
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy was born on 1 January 1659.
1708
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy died on 21 October 1708.
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- 1.Thaly, Kálmán. Irodalom- és míveltségtörténeti tanulmányok a Rákóczi-korból: toldalékúl kuruczvilági kiadatlan költemények tára. Ráth. 122. 1889.
- 2.Sárdi, Margit S. Petrőczy Kata Szidónia költészete. Akadémiai Kiadó. 34. 1976. 978-963-05-0991-6.
- 3.Pintér, Jenő. A mohácsi csatától Bessenyei György fellépéséig (1526-1772). Rényi K. 242. 1909.
- 4.Petrőczi Kata Szidónia. mke.oszk.hu.
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