05/24/2026
Albrecht Dürer was born on 21 May 1471 in Nürnberg:
Did he speak any Hungarian? His father was a nobleman in Hungary, he was called "Ajtósi" - the name "Dürer/Türer is a direct translation of this. He moved to Nürnberg from Ajtós, from the area of Gyula, the Kingdom of Hungary.
They left relatives in Hungary: did they keep contact:?
What may have happened to them when Gyula fell to the Turks?
Emperor Maximilian told the following about Albrecht Dürer of Ajtós:
"It is in my power to turn any peasant into a nobleman but I cannot turn a nobleman into Dürer"
Read more about his connection to Hungary in my article:
https://www.hungarianottomanwars.com/essays/albrecht-durer-1471-1528-and-hungary/
