Mexikói aranypesók a magyarországi oszmán terjeszkedés ellen?
Mexican Gold Pesos against the Ottoman Expansion in Hungary?

Summary/Abstract: Few unpublished letters in the Archivo General de las Indias (Seville, Spain) puts in global perspective the Ottoman threat and expansion in Hungary. Also demonstrate that the Habsburg rulers both in Central-Eastern Europe and Spanish Empires had a far more unlimited and unified concept about their Empire, regardless of geographical distances and boundaries. In 1529, 8 years after falling of Tenochtitlán, in a very early phase of the colonization of Mexico, prior to the foundation of Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535) and just three years after the battle of Mohács (1526), the Habsburg administration in Castile asked for aid from few preeminent personalities of the first colonial administration in Mexico, including well known conquerors like Pedro de Alvarado, to protect Hungary against the Ottomans. This request can be considered as part of the dynastic finance system with the purpose of providing support to Ferdinand I, king of Hungary and Bohemia. Charles V persistently strived to help his younger brother using very different ad-hoc sources like founds from the Netherlands, debts of Venice or England, aids offered by the Castilian Cortes, including potential incomes from the new Colonies. The study shows the broad context of these financing steps.

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