The document contains biographies of several famous people from Slovakia and Hungary who have connections to the town of Levice or the surrounding region. It discusses a Hungarian soldier who defended Eger from the Ottomans in 1552, a Hungarian oligarch who ruled parts of present-day Slovakia in the 13th century, the noble Esterházy family who owned the estate in Levice from the 17th century, twin pop singers born in Hronský Beňadik near Levice, a former actress from the region, a singer and teacher who lived in Levice, and a young triathlete from the area who won domestic and world championships.

1. Galery of famous
people

6. • He was born in 1502.
• He was a Hungarian soldier, best known as the
successful defender of Eger against the Ottomans
in 1552.
• He was a member of the Hungarian land-owning
nobility, with holdings in northern Hungary.
• In the dynastic succession struggles after
the Battle of Mohács in 1526, he was consistently
on the side of the Habsburg King Ferdinand I.
• He was given the ownership of the castle
of Levice.
• He died in 1572.

8. He was born in 1260-1265.
Matúš Csák Trenčiansky was a Hungarian oligarch
in the Kingdom of Hungary who ruled
independently the north-western counties of the
kingdom (today roughly the western half of
present-day Slovakia and parts of Northern
Hungary).
In the 19th century, he was often described as a
symbol of the struggle for independence in both
the Hungarian and Slovak literatures.
He died on 18th March 1321.

10. • They bought Levice estate in 1867.
• They were very rich.
• They came from noble family.
• They traded for example with
wool, silk, textil and with
confectionery.
• In Levice they owned many
buildings: mill, chateau and many

12. Esterházy family was significant Hungarian noble family. They
had the largest owners land in the Habsburg Empire. Esterházy
family owned the estate Levice since of the end 17th century.
The estate owned until the 19th century. The estate Levice
before Esterhazy owned Csáky. Ladislav Csáky sold castle to Paul
Esterházy. Then Paul Csáky owned castle. He bought it at
auction. Csáky´s family were Hungarian noble family, known
since the 14th century in Transylvania. In the 17th century
became the center of his dominion Slovakia, where he had
extensive property until 1945.

15. TWiiNS are a Slovak twin pop duo
consisting of sisters Daniela
Jančichová and Veronika Nízlová
who were born on 15 May 1986 in
Hronský Beňadik(district Levice).
They represented Slovakia at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with
their song, "I'm Still Alive", which
failed to qualify for the final.
Despite this, they still gave Slovakia
their best result since re-entering
the competition in 2009. Their
mom have got shop with clothes in
Levice.

17. Magda Paveleková appeared in 12 films, 205
television productions and presented in nearly
60 entertainment broadcasts on the radio and
television. She is descendant of the famous
family Koháry. She was an actress in Theatre in
Nitra. She has been the member of this
theatre for 17 years. Then she left to Bratislava
and her artistic life she described in book
„Remembering old actress“ in 2001. Now she
is on retired.

19. Juraj Zaujec is 29 years old. He
was in Superstar in 2012. He
studied in conservatory and
learnt playing on guitar. In
addition to playing the guitar
he loves singing. He has two
little daughters and wife. He
lived in Levice for a long
time, but lately he moved to
Bratislava. He has been a
teacher in artistic school for 4
years.

21. Ivana Kuriačková become the
Triathlete of 2012 in Slovakia.
She is 18 year old sportwoman.
18th October 2012 Ivana
Kuriačková won the title of
World Champion in akvatlone in
junior category. 21th April
2013 in the Dutch Horst she
got her first place in the
duathlon. In Slovakia she won
the title of four domestic