 He was born into a Transylvanian aristocrat family as one of the five children of Zsigmond Mikes, a member of the Transylvanian Royal Council and Borbála Imecs.He married Borbála Paczolai, they had no children.In his youth at November 1637, he tried to abduct his love Sára Tarnóczy de Királyfalva, with the help of his brothers, János and Pál and their servants, however they were caught in the act.