Erzsébet Cseszneky

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The native form of this personal name is csesznegi Cseszneky Erzsébet. This article uses the Western name order.

Erzsébet Cseszneky de Cseszneg (Slovak: Alžbeta Česneková) was a Hungarian noble lady who lived in the 17-18th centuries.

Erzsébet Cseszneky was a member of the Veszprém branch, or according to other sources of the Nemesvarbók branch of the Cseszneky family. Her parents probably became impoverished, because despite her high-born origin, she got married to the Slovak butcher from Nagyócsa, Mátyás Bél-Funtik (Slovak: Matej Bel-Funtík). They settled down in Zólyom county. In 1684 she gave birth to Matej Bel (Bél Matyás), a famous writer, polihistor, and Lutheran theologian. Lady Erzsébet, after her husband's death in 1704, made a lot of sacrifices for her son's education.

She got to the focus of the disputes between Hungarian and Slovak historians, because her Hungarian noble origin proves, that Mátyás Bél's mother tongue was Hungarian, and he can be considered equally Slovak and Hungarian.

She is also highly respected by the Hungarian and Slovak Lutheran Churches as their benefactress.