Imre Széchényi

Count Széchényi (1884)

Count Emmerich ( Imre ) Széchényi von Sárvár-Felsővidék , in historical sources mostly only Count Széchényi (born February 15, 1825 in Vienna ; † March 11, 1898 in Budapest ), was a large Hungarian landowner, as well as a diplomat and politician of the Danube monarchy .

Life

Origin and family

Emerich ( Imre ) Széchényi came from the Hungarian noble family of Széchenyi . He was a grandson of Ferenc Széchényi (1754–1820), the founder of the Széchényi National Library , and the eldest son of Ludwig ( Lajos ) Maria Aloys Széchényi (1781–1855) and his wife Francisca (1797–1873), née. from Wurmbrand-Stuppach . From 1865 he was born with Maria Alexandra (1843–1914). married by Sztáray-Szirmay .

Career

Széchényi enjoyed a private school education and studied from 1838 to 1843 at the ku law academy in Pressburg (today: Bratislava). With the help of his father's connections, he entered the diplomatic service of the Austrian Empire in 1844 , until 1848 as kk attaché at the Austrian embassy to the Holy See in Rome , then from 1848 to 1860 as legation secretary with the rank of business agent at the Swedish court in Stockholm (1848-1850 ), at the German Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main (1850–1852), at the Belgian court in Brussels (1852–1854) and at the Russian court in St. Petersburg (1854–1860). In Stockholm and St. Petersburg he also served temporarily as head of mission; Széchényi repeatedly met Otto von Bismarck in Frankfurt and St. Petersburg .

Under Foreign Minister Bernhard von Rechberg , Széchényi was appointed kk envoy and authorized minister to the royal in March 1860. appointed Sicilian court in Naples . The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was already in the process of being dissolved . Széchényi followed King Francis II first to Gaeta , then into exile in Rome; In 1864 he was recalled and put into temporary retirement.

As a member of the old conservative party, he became a member of the Hungarian Reichstag in 1865 , and from 1869 a member of the Hungarian Magnate House . Under Foreign Minister Gyula Andrássy , he was reappointed to the diplomatic service of the dual monarchy, which had been reconstituted by the Compromise in 1867 , and in 1878 was appointed kuk ambassador to the German Empire . He held this post until his retirement on October 10, 1892. He then retired to his estates in Horpács , Hungary . Széchényi was also musically active (inter alia as a composer) and was friends with Franz von Liszt and Franz von Suppè .

Honors

1852: Chamberlain
1867: Privy Council
1882: Grand Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Leopold Order
August 13, 1889: Order of the Black Eagle
1889: Grand Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Order of St. Stephen
1892: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Széchenyi, Emerich Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 41st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1880, pp. 240–242 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Széchényi von Sárvár and Felsővidék, Imre Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 130.
↑ Széchenyi, Count Emerich . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 19, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, pp. 259–260 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720–1920 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-205-07269-3 ( online ).
^ ^A ^b Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815–1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission Abroad from Metternich to Adenauer , KG Saur, Munich 2012, p. 288
↑ Hermann Hengst: The Knights of the Black Eagle Order. Verlag Alexander Duncker, Berlin 1901, p. 340.

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich von Thun and Hohenstein	Austrian Chargé d'Affaires in Sweden 7th Mar. 1849-17. May 1850	Albert of Crivelli ( Gt )
Valentin von Esterházy	Austrian Chargé d'Affaires in Russia Nov. 2, 1858-14. Nov. 1859	Friedrich von Thun and Hohenstein
Anton Stephan from Martini	Austrian envoy in Naples 31 Mar. 1860-19. Jul. 1864	-
Alajos Károlyi from Nagykároly	Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the German Empire Dec. 27, 1878-10. Oct. 1892	Ladislaus von Szögyény-Marich

personal data
SURNAME	Széchényi, Imre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Széchényi, Emmerich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Hungarian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 11, 1898
Place of death	Budapest

[ÖBL-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Széchényi von Sárvár and Felsővidék, Imre Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 130.

[2] Széchenyi, Count Emerich . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 19, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, pp. 259–260 .

[Matsch-3] A ^b ^c Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720–1920 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-205-07269-3 ( online ).

[Bringmann-4] A ^b Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815–1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission Abroad from Metternich to Adenauer , KG Saur, Munich 2012, p. 288

[5] Hermann Hengst: The Knights of the Black Eagle Order. Verlag Alexander Duncker, Berlin 1901, p. 340.