Born in Nagykosztolány (today Veľké Kostoľany, Slovakia) later on in his life he became a student at Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia) University until in 1704 when he joined the Kuruc army as a Hussar.
The Austrian Commander, Field Marshal Aeneas de Caprara, defeated the Turkish army near the city and with this victory regained Habsburg control of which had been lost in 1682 to the Kuruc leader Imre Thököly.
The Battle of Koroncó took place on the 13th June 1704 at Koroncó in Moson County, Hungary between the Kurucs (Hungarians) and the army of Habsburg Empire (Germans, Danes, Serbs, Croats).
The battle occurred on May 28, 1704 at Smolenice in Upper Hungary, where the Kuruc army routed the Imperial forces and captured the Austrian commander.
In the Rákóczi freedom fights, Türje was a base for the kuruc (Hungarian) troops.