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Crescence Seilern ( Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller , 1828)

Crescence Countess von Seilern and Aspang (pronunciation: [kresans], full name: Maria Crescentia Caroline Maximiliana ; born March  13, 1799 in Brno , † July 30, 1875 in Nagycenk ) was an Austro-Hungarian countess whose first husband was Count Károly Zichy and the second was the Hungarian state reformer István Széchenyi .

Life

Memorial plaque for István Széchenyi and Crescence Seilern on 1 Mészáros Street, Budapest

Crescence was born as the daughter of Count Karl von Seilern and Aspang (1756-1806) and Maximiliana von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1770-1830).

On August 3, 1819, she married Count Károly Zichy, 20 years her senior, with whom she had seven children. Her relationship with István Széchenyi began on August 2, 1824, although they had already met in 1818. After the death of Károly Zichy in 1834, she married Széchenyi on February 4, 1836. With this marriage she became Hungarian. This relationship resulted in a daughter, who died shortly after birth, and two sons, Béla Széchenyi and Ödön Széchenyi .

Crescence Széchenyi died at Széchenyi Castle in Nagycenk (Großzinkendorf), near Sopron , where she was buried in.

Trivia

Article in the Jelenkor newspaper about the planting of the first plane tree on the back of the memorial fountain on Szabadság tér

One of the traditions about the construction of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge says that Crescence Széchenyi often wanted to visit the city of Pest on dry feet. For this reason, Széchenyi is said to have started planning the Chain Bridge. The Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg wrote the play A Híd (“The Bridge”) about it .

On March 3rd, 1846 she planted the first plane tree on today's Szabadság tér (Freedom Square), in Pest.

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Seilern, Crescentia Countess . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 21 ( digitized version ).
  • Denis Silagi: The greatest Hungarian. Count Stephan Széchenyi. Herold, Vienna / Munich 1967.
  • Andreas Oplatka: Count Stephan Széchenyi. The man who made Hungary. Zsolnay, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-552-05317-4 .
  • Sheila Patel: Noble family life, female writing practice. The diaries of Maria Esterházy-Galántha (1809–1861). Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-593-50288-5 .
  • Lenke Nagy: Crescence. Gróf Széchényi Istvánné élete. Budapest 1942.
  • Anna Kelp: Széchenyi és Crescence. Derzsery Kiadó, Adelaide 1985.
  • Széchenyi választása. Széchenyi István és Seilern Crescence levelezése. Balassi, Budapest 2001, ISBN 963-506-405-5 .
  • Ferenc Velkey: Történelmi arcképcsarnok (gróf Széchenyi Istvánné Seilern Crescence). Új horizon, 2002.

Web links

Commons : Crescence Seilern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Crescence: Széchenyi's Inspiration and Strength. magyarnews.org
  2. ↑ Nagycenk - Széchenyi Castle and Mausoleum , accessed on February 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Crescence üzenete: Virulj! In: Szerelmem, Budapest . ( blog.hu [accessed March 17, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Seilern, Crescence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seilern-Aspang, Crescence (full name); Seilern and Aspang, Maria Crescentia Caroline Maximiliana von; Széchenyi, Crescence; Zichy, Crescence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian Countess
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1875
Place of death Nagycenk