Dávid Bélaváry (born ca. 1580) (szikavai és Bélaváry (Both) Dávid in Hungarian ; David Belevari/Belavaryin latin ; Давид Шикован-Біловарі [David Shykovan-Bilovari] in Ukrainian) was a diplomat and high official of the Kingdom of Hungary during the seventeenth century, and a member of the Bélaváry family.
Biography
He was governor of Galgocz and Likava. He is quoted in 1600 as the judge of the court (udvarbíró) of the house of the Archdiocese of Esztergom in Körmöcbánya. In 1604, he attended István Bocskai during the anti-Habsburg uprising (1604–1606).
He appears in the entourage of Prince Gabriel Bethlen in 1619. An influential councillor, he became president of the Chamber of Hungary (Camerae Ungaricae) (1621–1624), then president of the Chamber of Upper Hungary (1624/1625–1629) in Kassa, and lord and captain of Mukachevo.
He was lord of Vörösvár, Konaszo, etc., and also governor of the domains of the primate of Hungary (cited in 1618 and 1620), governor of the region of Cis-Tybiscanus (including the following counties: Abaujvariensis, Bereghiensis, Borsodiensis, Gömöriensis, Hevesiensis et Szolnok mediocris, Sarosiensis, Scepusiensis, Tornensis, Unghvariensis and Zempliniensis) and former deputy commissioner of the king.