Balassa
1554 – 1594
Hungarian

Knight and poet. His verse extolled heroism, a life of service, love, and religious devotion, and he gave his life battling the Turks.

Contemporaries
1519–1589Catherine de' Medici
1525–1562Laelius Socinus
1585–1642Armand Richelieu
1491–1556St. Ignatius of Loyola
1585–1638Cornelius Jansen
1530–1584Ivan IV
1583–1648Edward Herbert
1578–1657William Harvey
1524–1583Thomas Erastus
c. 1572–1631John Donne
1504–1575Heinrich Bullinger
1575–1624Jacob Böhme