Chronological listing of Polish-Lithuanian and Hungarian sabers

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13 - Tomb effigy of Balassa Menyhért/Melchior Balassa (1511-1568) - in the church of Sološnica, Slovakia.

Inscription on the tomb says:

To the famous and important hero Melchior Balassi of Gyarmat, enlightened to advice, magnanimous in faithfulness to his promise, he had this monument built by his father, highly esteemed, son Štefan Balassi. He died in Vienna in the year of Christ the Lord 1568, in the month 9. At the age of 57 years.

Nice triple fullered blade...no Ottoman blade for Melchior . Since it was his son that had the effigy made, we don't really know how much later after his death it was. About his son Štefan Balassi/Balassa István we know:

His second son, Stephen, freed from Báthori's captivity in 1570, became a supporter of King Maximilian, from whom he received several estates. He set up a printing house in Detrekő, where in 1584 the ecclesiastical sermons of Peter Bornemisza began to be printed. John B. became famous at a young age for his duel with the Spanish valiant Francesco de Lasso, in which he defeated his powerful and boastful opponent. In 1550 he became captain of Szolnok Castle, and in 1555 leader of the rising nobility and captain of the mining towns: in 1562 he was already the high sheriff of Hont and Zólyom counties, and as such he laid siege to the castle of Szécsény, but after receiving a wound on his hand, he abandoned the siege. In 1569, together with his relative István Dobó, he was tried for calling on János Sigismund Szapolyai to attack Maximilian. He was thrown into prison, from which he was freed. In 1572, he was pardoned by the intercession of the National Assembly, and in 1574 he became a royal chief doorman and an examiner of appellate cases. In 1575, the castle of Kékkő was occupied by the Turks. A year later, he died.

So, between 1570 (Istvan's release) and 1576 (István's death).

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balassa_Menyh%C3%A9rt
https://malackepohlady.sk/?p=1718
https://ujkor.hu/content/emberveres-...fosztas-forras
https://malackepohlady.sk/?p=22263