 Imre Nagy was born prematurely on 7 June 1896 in the town of Kaposvár in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, to a small-town family of peasant origin.His father, József Nagy (1869–1929), was a Lutheran and a carriage driver for the lieutenant-general of Somogy county.His mother, Rozália Szabó (1877–1969), served as a maid for the lieutenant-general's wife.