Dobray

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Coat of arms around 1894

Dobray , historically also Dobray v. Eger resp. Dobray de Eger / Dobray alias Egry, is the name of an Upper Hungarian family from the old postal nobility who received their letter of nobility and coat of arms from King Ferdinand III in 1646 . received. The extensive family once had estates in Zemplén and Bihár counties .

history

The lineage of the family begins with the award of the nobility and coat of arms letter to Mihály (Michael) and Illés (Elias) Egry aliter Dobray on November 2, 1646. The decorations shown on the coat of arms letter to the left of the coat of arms (spoils of war, rider) could be on combat services as Point out the reason for the ennoblement, but this is not documented in the letter itself.

Around 1650 the family settled in the Austro-Hungarian border area in Vas County and at that time the Dobray namesake are proven to be Armalists.

Map of Zemplén County around 1890

From the 17th century at the latest, various branches of the family also lived in Upper Hungary in the counties of Zemplén, Bihár and Szilágyi (in today's Romania). Mihály P. Dobray, who studied at the Latin schools in Debrecen and Sárospatak and then studied theology at various Dutch universities and in England, is worth mentioning. In the first census after the Turkish occupation of Hungary in 1720, György (Gregorius) Dobray is mentioned in Sárospatak, as are other Dobrays in Dobra in Zemplén County and in the city of Karczag. At the general nobility conscription in 1745/55, József Dobray was admitted to the Zemplén county.

In 1769, members of the family in Zemplén county are attested in the Elenchus Actorium Nobilitarium , namely Dobray (aliter Egri) József and his sons Mihály and Zsigmond with possessions in Nagyroszvágy, a small village only about 30 km from Sárospatak. In the middle of the 19th century, the family in Nagyroszvágy and in neighboring Kisroszvágy were wealthy. Around 1792, Áron Dobrai and his wife lived in Debrecen in Bihár County. They came from the branch of Mihály Dobray, who had received the letter of nobility in 1646. In the village of Hogyis (Bihár County, today Hodis in Romania) the family owned land that they leased.

Map of Bihár County around 1891

In the 19th century, members of the Dobray de Eger family lived mainly in the towns of Karczag, Debrecen and Nyieregyháza, where they held several public offices. The administrative officer Dr.-jur. László Dobray (1904 - 1975) left his Hungarian homeland in 1945 and moved to Germany, where he lived as a painter until his death. Descendants of this line still live in Lower Bavaria to this day.

Today in Hungary, especially in Budapest, there are still several namesake from another line, including the well-known film director György Dobray (* 1942).

Known family members

Well-known people from the younger part descent are:

  • Endre / András Dobray (1847 - 1883), city captain of Karczag, murdered around 1883 by the Betyáren he was pursuing
  • Dr.-jur. László Dobray (1859 -?), Lawyer, head of the city savings bank and mayor of Karczag
  • Elemér Dobray (1875-1955), Karczag's school director
  • Dr.-jur. László Endre Dobray (1904 - 1975), well-known bear hunter, Főszolgabiró (Austrian district captain , German district administrator), later painter

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows in the shield on blue and green lawn an upright, double-tailed lion, with a raised scimitar in his right hand and a severed Turkish head in his left. The helmet crown is decorated with the same lion with a saber and a Turkish head, the neck of the animal is pierced by an arrow. The helmet covers are made in blue-gold (left) and red-silver (right).

The description of the coat of arms in the coat of arms describes the two lions as crowned, but this was not stated in the pictorial representation on the coat of arms.

Coat of arms around 1882: like the family coat of arms, but the lion is crowned, but the lion's neck is not pierced by an arrow. The color of the helmet covers was changed to red-silver (left) and blue-gold (right).

Coat of arms in the letter of arms from 1646
Coat of arms around 1882

Literature / individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Dr. Zoltán v. Barcsay-Amant: Noble yearbook 1962/65 . tape 13 . Lucerne 1964, p. 181-183 .
  2. ↑ a b Letter of arms and coat of arms (R64-1-0387) of the Dobray family alias Egri at the Hungarian State Archives (Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár). Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár, accessed on July 18, 2020 (Hungarian, an archivist in the Hungarian State Archives made this assumption, as can be seen in the comments on the source page).
  3. ↑ László Zsigmond Bujtás: A leideni Református Egyház magyarorzági és Erdélyi pártfogoltjai (1648-1698) . In: Ujváry Gábor (ed.): Lymbus - Magyarságtudományi forrásközlemények . Budapest 2015, p. 134 (It is not entirely clear to which branch this name bearer belongs.).
  4. ↑ Elenchus Actorum nobilitarium (nobility conscription of Zemplén County) from 1769 . 1769, p. 472 .
  5. ↑ Nagy Iván: Magyarország és Családi czimerekkel nemzékrendi táblákkal . Pest / Budapest 1858, p. 332 .
  6. ↑ Ojtozi Eszter: Possessori bejegyzések a debreceni Egyetemi Könyvtár 1700–1750 közötti külföldi Königyveiben IV. (Nemesek és polgárok Königyvei.). Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Hungarian, lat).
  7. ↑ Borovszky Samu: Magyarország vármegyéi és városai: Bihár vármegye és nagyvárad. In: Arcanum. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Hungarian).
  8. ↑ Dr. Zoltán v. Barcsay-Amant: Noble yearbook 1976/78 . Lucerne 1976, p. 58 .
  9. ↑ Dobray László (1859-19 ??). In: Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Könyvtárportál. July 31, 2014, accessed July 19, 2020 (Hungarian).