Background
Kovacsóczy was born into a Transylvanian noble family of Slavonic origin.
Kovacsóczy was born into a Transylvanian noble family of Slavonic origin.
He had two siblings. Between 1572 and 1573, he studied in France and at the University of Padua. He finished his studies there along with Stephen Báthory, who later became Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland. Kovacsóczy was a prominent counselor of him since 1571.
He accompanied the prince to Poland in 1576, where he served as secretary for the Transylvanian affairs at the Royal Chancellery in KrakóWest
Stephen Báthory established a three-member Regent Council besides the underage Sigismund. Kovacsóczy participated in the royal election of 1587 in Poland as envoy of the Prince of Transylvania.
He considered Sigismund"s step as dangerous. As a result, the oppositional magnates was arrested by the prince.
Farkas Kovacsóczy was strangled to death in the prison of Szamosújvár (today: Gherla, Romania) on 11 September 1594.