Apor Péter

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Apor Peter (1676-1752) was a Hungarian count and historian.

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He was born in 1676, and lost his father early. His Catholic faith was a good advantage in the Calvinist Hungary in the eyes of the Catholic Hapsburg kings. He started his studies in 1686 in Kolozsvar after he continued it in Nagyszombat Hungarian Catholic University. In 1695/96 he gained doctor degree in Law and Free Arts. He returned to Transylvania and remained loyal supporter of the Hapsburgs.

In 1699 Leopold I nominated him as count of Küküllő county (highest administrative position in the Hungarian county). He suffered material losses in the Rákóczi revolution. In 1704 he lived in Kronstadt after fled to Wallachia. In 1706 he returned and joint the revolution. In 1707 Colonel Graven captured him and he was kept in custody for 2 years. In 1707 he was excused and nominated as Háromszék royal judge. In 1713 he was granted the countship (as hereditary count, part of the aristocracy, only title).

He fled from the epidemic to the Moldavian Galati and spent few years there. In 1744 he was nominated to government position in Vienna as "main court consultant" and received from Charles III a golden neclace. He did not work in his new position but remained in Transylvania.

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Metamorphosis Transylvaniae published in 1736
Lusus mundi et ejusdem actus Scenicus, prout in humillima familia Aporiana ab exitu quidem ex Scythia non interrupta serie nobilis, sic in reliquis eidem sangvine junctis inclitis familiis, opere et veritate. Anno 1727. Synopsis mutationum notabiliorum aetate mea in Transylvania et progressus vitae meae. published in 1727
Syntagma et syllabus vivorum et mortuorum aetate mea, qui memoriam non fugerunt not published
Manuscript on the Transylvanian wild animals