TY - JOUR TI - The Political Career of Gáspár Bekes and Ferenc Wesselényi in Poland-Lithuania during the Reign of Stefan Batory AU - Kadzik, Dominik TI - The Political Career of Gáspár Bekes and Ferenc Wesselényi in Poland-Lithuania during the Reign of Stefan Batory AB - This article is about the career and political positions of Gáspár Bekes and Ferenc Wesselényi in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during Stephen Báthory’s reign. It explains how they both achieved their positions and why they were important for the monarch. It should be emphasised that both of them are a good example of how the elected Polish king could help foreigners in their career in 16th century Poland. On the one hand, Gáspár Bekes achieved his position by serving in the army before and during Báthory’s wars, on the other hand Ferenc Wesselényi played an important role as a holder of a high office at the Polish royal court. * The work is the result of the implementation of the research project No. 2017/27/N/HS3/01112 financed by the Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Center). VL - 2021 IS - Numer 148 (4) PY - 2021 SN - 0083-4351 C1 - 2084-4069 SP - 673 EP - 686 DO - 10.4467/20844069PH.21.044.14020 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/prace-historyczne/artykul/the-political-career-of-gaspar-bekes-and-ferenc-wesselenyi-in-poland-lithuania-during-the-reign-of-stefan-batory KW - Stephen Báthory KW - Gáspár Bekes KW - Ferenc Wesselényi KW - polish royal court KW - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth KW - foreigners at the royal court KW - 16th century