Career
Born in Nagykosztolány (today Veľké Kostoľany, Slovakia) later on in his life he became a student at Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia) University until in 1704 when he joined the Kuruc army as a Hussar. He soon rose to the title of captain. He served under Hungarian nobleman Ocskay László, who made him a very wealthy manitoba
In 1710, when the Kuruc forces were defeated at the Battle of Preselany by the Habsburgs, he organised the capture of Kuruc leader Ocskay László, so the Habsburgs granted him a pardon.
In 1711, after the Treaty of Szatmár, he returned from Poland. Soon after, he organised a new War for Independence, and he was captured by Habsburg soldiers into prison, where he later escaped from imprisonment in 1712.
He moved to Poland, where he was appointed Hussar captain and fought during the Russo-Turkish war in 1716. In 1735, he was appointed the General of Polish cavalry, and he was given land in Jasło, Lesser Poland, where he lived until his death in 1747.