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Count Imre Thurz de Bethlenfalva was a Hungarian aristocrat, son of Palatine Gyrgy Thurz, who served as Perpetual Ispn of rva County between 1616 and 1621. Count Imre also functioned as Rector of the University of Wittenberg from 1616 to 1621. He was the last male member of the prestigious Thurz family.

He was born in Nagybiccse, Trencsn County onSeptember 1598. His parents were Gyrgy Thurz, Palatine of Hungary and Erzsbet Czobor, daughter of Imre Czobor, who served as Palatinal Governor of Hungary between 1572 and 1581. As the only surviving son of Palatine Thurz, he received careful and thorough education firstly in the parental home, then at the University of Wittenberg. His close schoolmate was Juraj V Zrinski, future Ban of Croatia.

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