Nationality and Family Origin
Benyovszky was a Hungarian count of Hungarian, Slovak and Polish background. His father, Samuel Benyovszky, was born in Trencsén county of the Kingdom of Hungary (Trenčín, in present-day Slovakia) and served as a general in the Austrian army. His mother, Rozália Révay, was a baroness from the noble Hungarian Révay family, and was the widow of a general when she married Benyovszky's father. In the 16th century, after the Battle of Mohács, the family moved from southern to northern Hungary, away from the territory invaded by the Ottomans.
The ancestors of the Benyovszky family emigrated from Hungary to Poland during the 14th century reign of King Charles I of Hungary due to their family ties to Felicián Zách, who had fallen out of favor with the king for supporting opposition political figure Máté Csák. In 1396, Benjamin Benyovszky returned to Hungary and fought in the Battle of Nicopolis. Emperor Sigismund rewarded his service by giving him land in the Váh region and assigning him the status of count.
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