Andrássy (noble family)

The Andrássy family from the Szeklerland was one of the most important noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary . Over the centuries, this family has produced a number of important politicians and military personnel .

Arms of the Andrássys (1766)

The family

Ancestry of the family

The Andrássys were among those count families who rose steadily in Hungarian society and held important positions. The origins of the family remain hidden in the dark of history. According to tradition, a certain "Andorás" is said to have served in Gran around the year 1000 as a follower of King Stephen the Holy . This Andorás is said to have been the founder of the family. Further details are unknown.

Martin Andrássy and his son Peter

The real traceable genealogy of the Andrássys begins with Martin ( Hungarian Márton) Andrássy, who was first found in Transylvania in 1539 among the followers of Fráter György . When, after his assassination the stands Transylvania Johann Sigismund the Prince of Transylvania chose Martin Andrássy was present.

Since Prince Johann Sigismund had no legal heir, he appointed Gáspár Bekes as his successor. After his death, the assembly of estates of Transylvania in Weißenburg on May 25, 1571 did not elect Bekes, but Stephan Báthory as the new prince. However, Martin Andrássy's son Peter Andrássy took the side of Gáspár Bekes, who, as an opponent of Báthory, also raised claims to the title of prince. Andrássy fought alongside Bekes with 2000 riders. On July 8, 1575 there was the decisive battle at Kerelőszentpál in which Bekes was defeated. Peter Andrássy was taken prisoner and sentenced to death and the loss of his property in the Transylvanian state parliament in Cluj on August 8, 1575. However, he managed to escape to the Kingdom of Hungary. Here he entered the service of Emperor Rudolf II , who on July 21, 1578 appointed him castle captain of Krasznahorka and castellan of Betler .

The family in Krasznahorka

Peter Andrássy married Sophia (ung. Zsófia) Becz, with whom he had two sons (Matyás and János) and two daughters (Kata and Anna). The younger son János fought at the siege of Erlau against the Turks in 1596 , where he was so badly injured that he died shortly afterwards at the age of 28. The older son Matyás I († 1595) was married to Anna Pálffy . From this marriage comes the heir to the son Mátyás II., Who was born in 1642 by Emperor Ferdinand III. the goods Krasznahorka and Betlér received as a fief .

The son of Matyás II, Miklós I (Nicholas) distinguished himself in the Turkish wars . He made particular merits in the battles of Szatmár and Neuhäusel . For these services he was made a baron by Emperor Leopold I in 1676 . At the same time he became chief clan of Gemer County .

Miklós I had six sons. Among them, three sons (István, György and Pál) were appointed generals .

Peter II. (* December 7, 1659 in Preßburg, † 1715 in Vienna), Obergespan of Gemer County ∞ Maria Barbara Orlay de Carva († 1726)
István I., General ⚭ 1. Archsébeth Barcsay de Nagybarcsa († December 6, 1685 in Bonchida / Transylvania), ⚭ 2. Zsófia Serédy de Nagyfalu. He was the founder of the → older "Betlerer" Andrássy line (ung. "Betléri ág")
György II. († 1725), Kuruc General ⚭ Mária Szelényi de Felsőszelény. He was the greener of the → younger "Monoki" Andrássy line (ung. "Monoki ág")
Pál († February 3, 1713 in Trenčín ), captain (commandant) of Gran ⚭ 1st Maria Amadé de Várkony, ⚭ 2nd Countess Kristina Balassa de Gyarmat
Miklós II., The so-called " Dervisch General " entered the Franciscan order and fought as a colonel on the side of Ferenc II Rákóczi .
Janos
and the daughters Anna, Magdolna, Klára, Borbala and Julia.

The older "Betler" line

The older 'Betler' line was founded by General István I. Field Marshal Károly I, a grandson of the founder of the line, and his children Károly II, Leopold, Julianna, Rozália and Joseph III come from this line. (* October 1762, † 1845). In 1779, Empress Maria Theresa raised them to the rank of count.

Death shield with the coat of arms of Count Emanuel "Mano" Andrássy (1821–1891): "COMES EMANUEL ANDRÁSSY DE CSIK-SZENT-KIRÁLY-ET KRASZNA-HORKA" in Matthias Church (Budapest) . The coat of arms was given to Karl Freiherr Andrássy von Csikszentkirály and his descendants in 1779

Joseph III served as a colonel in the Theresian army and was married to Countess Walburga Csáky de Körösszegh et Adorján (born March 3, 1770 in Pressburg , † 1797 ibid.). Whose youngest son Károly III. (Born February 29, 1792 in Rosenau , † August 22, 1845 in Brussels ) married Etelka Szapáry de Muraszombath in 1819 (born September 26, 1798, † November 10, 1876 in Szőlőske). The eldest son Emanuel "Mano" (* 1821; † 1891) continued the Betler main line, the youngest son Aladár (* 1827, † 1903) founded the secondary line ' Homonna ' (ung. 'Homonnai melékág'), the middle son Gyula , one of the most famous members of the family, founded the so-called branch line ' Tőketerebes ' (ung. 'tőketerebesi oldalág'). The following offspring come from this branch line:

Károly III. ∞ 1819 Etelka Szapáry de Muraszombath et Széchy-Sziget
Gyula (born March 8, 1823, Kosice , † February 18, 1890 Volocsa ) ⚭ Katinka Kendeffy (* 1830, † 16 May 1896 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary)
- Tivadar (* 1857, † 1905) ⚭ Eleonora Countess Zichy (* 1867, † 1945)
- Ilona (* May 21, 1858, † April 2, 1952) ⚭ Lajos Batthyány de Németujvár (* 1860, † 1951)
- Gyula Junior (* 1860, † 1929) ⚭ Eleonora Countess Zichy (* 1867, † 1945)

Tivadar Andrássy had four daughters: Ilona (* 1886, † 1967), Borbála (* 1890, † 1968), Katinka (* 1892, † 1985) and Klára (* 1898, † 1941). After Tivadar's death, his widow married her brother-in-law Gyula Andrássy the younger, who also became the guardian of their daughters.

The younger "Monoker" line

The younger (" Monoker ") line was founded by György II, son of Miklós I.

Whose older son György III. married Countess Anna Mária Berényi de Karancs-Berény (born June 3, 1704 in Trenčín) on May 13, 1725 in Nagytapolcsány , whose three children János (* 1726), Anton (* 1728 (?), † 1799) and István ( * 1731, † February 22, 1812; superior team of the Borsod county ) were raised to the rank of count by Maria Theresa .

György's II. Younger son Peter (* ~ 1700, † March 1, 1745) was a passionate military man and lieutenant general , he was appointed sergeant general in the Austrian army on September 15, 1742 . Peter Andrássy was not married and died without a child.

György III was an important representative of this line. (* February 5, 1797 in Kaschau, † December 19, 1872 in Vienna ), the son of the superior team of Borsod István County (* 1731, † 1812) and his second wife Maria Festetics de Tolna (* September 12, 1770 in Ödenburg , † November 12, 1828). On February 10, 1834, he married Countess Franziska zu Königsegg -Aulendorf (* July 3, 1814 in Aulendorf , † April 22, 1871 in Vienna). The children Maria, Dionysius , Elisabeth and György emerged from the marriage. György was an imperial chamberlain and privy councilor, he was a co-founder of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , which he also supported with large sums of money. During the devastating flood of the Danube in Pest in 1838 , he did a great job. On September 28, 1842, he was appointed chief provost of Sáros County. He was a close collaborator of the Hungarian reformer Count István Széchenyi .

Important representatives of the noble family

The noble family of Andrássys produced numerous personalities who were not only important for Hungary but also internationally.

A list of representatives of this sex can be found on the Wikipedia page → Andrássy .

Honors

Many streets and squares were named after the Andrássys.

In 2001 the Andrássy Gyula German-speaking University of Budapest (short: Andrássy University Budapest - AUB) became. The university is named after the former Prime Minister of Hungary and Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary, Count Gyula Andrássy (* 1823, † 1890). It is a private university based in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The AUB is the only fully German-speaking university outside the German-speaking area and has been accredited according to German rules and criteria.

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Individual evidence

↑ Kerelőszentpál is a village in the Maros valley about 19 km from Neumarkt an der Mieresch , in the former Maros-Torda county with around 456 inhabitants today (2011).
↑ The Turks succeeded under Sultan Mehmed III. to take the castle and the city. Erlau remained in the hands of the Ottoman Empire for 96 years .
↑ Baron Miklós I. Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (* 1620, † 1686) was married to Klara Zichy († 1671) in the first marriage and to Elisabeth Kerekes de Cziffer in the second.
↑ István I. Andrássy is described as the "pub general " ( ung. "Kocsmai generális") in the novel by Maurus Jókai "The white woman of Leutschau " . (Hungarian A lőcsei fehér asszony , 1885).
↑ This branch of the family was named after the Betler Castle of the same name , where Peter I. Andrássy was already fortified in 1578.
↑ According to other information, he is said to have died in 1834.
↑ Szőlőske ( Slov . "Viničky") is a small town in the Tőketerebes district, in the former Semplin county with 505 inhabitants (2017)
↑ Katinka Andrássy was married to the prime minister of the " aster revolution " Mihály Károlyi and was therefore mockingly referred to as "the red countess".
↑ This line was named after the village of the same name, Monok , where this part of the family settled.
↑ In his second marriage he was married to Baroness Anna Mednyánszky de Medne (born September 5, 1707 in Preßburg, † January 21, 1762 in Nagybélic). However, the marriage remained childless.
^ Anton Andrássy (born October 28, 1742 in Románfalva , † November 12, 1799 in Rosenau ) was ordained a priest in Vienna in 1772. On September 18, 1780 he was appointed Diocesan Bishop of Rosenau .
↑ The Danube flood flowed between March 13th and 18th, 1838. In the Pest district, the water was up to 2.6 m high in the streets. 2281 houses collapsed and 50-60 thousand people were left homeless. In Pest, the flood claimed over 150 lives.

[1] Kerelőszentpál is a village in the Maros valley about 19 km from Neumarkt an der Mieresch , in the former Maros-Torda county with around 456 inhabitants today (2011).

[2] The Turks succeeded under Sultan Mehmed III. to take the castle and the city. Erlau remained in the hands of the Ottoman Empire for 96 years .

[3] Baron Miklós I. Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (* 1620, † 1686) was married to Klara Zichy († 1671) in the first marriage and to Elisabeth Kerekes de Cziffer in the second.

[4] István I. Andrássy is described as the "pub general " ( ung. "Kocsmai generális") in the novel by Maurus Jókai "The white woman of Leutschau " . (Hungarian A lőcsei fehér asszony , 1885).

[5] This branch of the family was named after the Betler Castle of the same name , where Peter I. Andrássy was already fortified in 1578.

[6] According to other information, he is said to have died in 1834.

[7] Szőlőske ( Slov . "Viničky") is a small town in the Tőketerebes district, in the former Semplin county with 505 inhabitants (2017)

[8] Katinka Andrássy was married to the prime minister of the " aster revolution " Mihály Károlyi and was therefore mockingly referred to as "the red countess".

[9] This line was named after the village of the same name, Monok , where this part of the family settled.

[10] In his second marriage he was married to Baroness Anna Mednyánszky de Medne (born September 5, 1707 in Preßburg, † January 21, 1762 in Nagybélic). However, the marriage remained childless.

[11] Anton Andrássy (born October 28, 1742 in Románfalva , † November 12, 1799 in Rosenau ) was ordained a priest in Vienna in 1772. On September 18, 1780 he was appointed Diocesan Bishop of Rosenau .

[12] The Danube flood flowed between March 13th and 18th, 1838. In the Pest district, the water was up to 2.6 m high in the streets. 2281 houses collapsed and 50-60 thousand people were left homeless. In Pest, the flood claimed over 150 lives.