Koháry

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Princely coat of arms of Franz Koháry at Czsabrag de Sitna 1815

The Koháry were a Catholic, Hungarian, noble family that was last reigned. With the marriage of Ferdinand Georg von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld with Princess Maria Antonie Gabriele von Koháry , the house of Sachsen-Coburg-Koháry opened up.

Family history

Origin of the family

The parent Kohár located in County Zala . In 1470 a György Koháry is mentioned at the court of King Matthias Corvinus : Nobilis Georgius Koháry Matthiae Corvini Regis Hungariae Aulicus - The noble Georg Koháry, belonging to the court of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. In 1510 a Benedict Koháry is named as a nobleman at the court of King Ladislaus .

Rise in battle

After the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and the tripartite division of Hungary , the Kohárys fought on the side of the Habsburgs against the Ottomans. Georg von Kohary (1505–1566) fought against the Turks under Nikolaus Zriny and fell in 1566 near Kanisza . Little is known about his son Imre Koháry, married to Katharina von Jakoffy. The rise of the family begins with their son Peter Koháry (1564–1619). This was the Hungarian on February 15, 1616 Barony of Czabragh . Peter Kohary was appointed commander of Neuhäusl Fortress and defended it against the Ottomans and in 1619 against Gabor Bethlen . The latter, the fortress was stormed and held Peter Cobary to the Peace of Nikolsburg in Kosice caught. Stephan Kohary (1616–1664) fought like his father for the Habsburgs. Against the Swedes in 1645 and 1647, in the Turkish War of 1663/1664 he was killed in the Battle of Lewenz .

  • Csabrag Castle, loaned to Peter Kohary in 1622.

  • Stephan (Istvan) Kohary (1616–1664)

Elevation to the rank of count

Stephan II. Koháry

Stephan II. (1649–1731) was imprisoned by Emmerich Thökoly during the uprising and wrote poetry there. In gratitude for his loyalty, Emperor Leopold raised him to the rank of count on July 1, 1685. His motto Dat Deus cui vult (God gives whoever he wants) was included in the family coat of arms. In 1720 he expanded the family fortune by purchasing Murany Castle and Lordship . He died unmarried and childless. His inheritance fell to the descendants of his brother Wolfgang Graf Kohary (1654–1704).

Andreas Josef Count of Koháry

Andreas (1694–1757) was born on November 30, 1694 in Csábragh Castle in Upper Hungary. As the third-born son of Count Wolfgang from his marriage to Maria Luise Countess Rechberg and nephew of Stephan II , he entered the imperial army and, only twenty years old, took part in the Turkish wars in 1716 and later in the Seherr cuirassier regiment . At Peterwardein under Prince Eugene in 1716 three horses were shot one after the other under the body; nevertheless, in order to take part still further in the battle, he mounted a fourth. He was later wounded near Belgrade . When the fighting began again in 1734 and primarily Austria began to arm, Lieutenant Colonel Koháry set up a dragoon regiment at his own expense, which amounted to over 150,000 guilders , which was continued in 1766 as the "Althann" dragoon regiment . Koháry was promoted to colonel and owner of this regiment established by him, major general in 1736 and lieutenant field marshal in 1740 on the occasion of Empress Maria Theresa's accession to the throne . At the coronation of the Empress he took the position of captain of the Hungarian bodyguard , and in 1748 Maria Theresa appointed him general of the cavalry . He was awarded the Maria Theresa Cross . From his marriage to Maria Theresa Freiin von Thavonat (d. 1773) he left seven children. He died on December 4, 1758 (after Nagy on December 21, 1757) in Svätý Anton Castle .

His youngest son was Johann Nepomuk Koháry , the last tenant of today's Vienna Burgtheater; As a result of his bankruptcy, he emigrated to Tbilisi under adventurous circumstances, where he died.

Ignaz Count Kohary

Andreas bequeathed the property to his son Ignaz Josef, who came from his marriage to Margaretha Theresia Freiin von Thavonat. Ignaz was born on December 2, 1726 as the second son of Andreas Josef. He joined the imperial army and fought in the Seven Years War . In 1745 he commanded a Hungarian uprising and it is only thanks to his prudence and energy that this did not disintegrate when he was tired of the war complaints and determined to part. After the death of his older brother Nikolaus in 1769, he succeeded him in the title of chief appointee of Hont County .

  • Count Stephan II. Koháry (1649–1731)

  • Count Wolfgang Koháry (1654–1704)

  • Count Andreas Koháry (1694–1757)

  • Count Nikolaus Koháry (1721–1769)

  • Count Ignaz Josef Koháry (1726–1777)

  • Count Franz Josef Koháry (1767–1826) at the age of 20

The princes Koháry

Franz Josef Kohary (1767-1826)

After Ignaz's death on October 10, 1777, the property passed to his wife, Countess Maria Gabriela von Koháry, née Countess Cavriany . Together with her brother Ludwig Graf von Cavriany, she exercised the guardianship of her underage son Franz de Paula (September 7, 1767 - June 27, 1826). From 1791 the young count himself was able to dispose of his Hungarian - he was also the heir to Murany , Baloghvár , Derencsény and Fülek - as well as the three Lower Austrian lordships in Ebenthal , Dürnkrut and Walterskirchen . In 1815 Count Franz de Paula von Koháry was raised to the rank of prince. The Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility lists Franz Josef Count Koháry de Csabrág et Szitnya , Vice Chancellor of the Hungarian Court Chancellery , the primogenous Austrian prince status with award on November 15, 1815 in Vienna. He was the last male offspring of the family in Ebenthal, because the Koháry's name expires in 1822 due to the lack of male heirs.

Saxe-Coburg-Koháry

From Franz Josef's marriage to Countess Antonia von Waldstein , the daughter Maria Antonia , born in 1797, emerged , after the death of her brother Franz (1792–1798) the sole heir to the huge Kohary fortune. Through her marriage to Ferdinand Georg August von Sachsen-Coburg she founded the house Sachsen-Coburg-Kohary .

Tribe list

  1. George of Kohary (1505–1566)
    1. Imre from Kohary
      1. Koháry Péter (1564-1629)
        1. Stephan I. Koháry (1616–1664)
          1. Stephan II. Koháry (1649–1731)
          2. Wolfgang Koháry (1650–1704) ∞ Maria Luisa von Rechberg
            1. Georg Koháry (1688-1716)
            2. Johann Koháry (1689-1717)
            3. Andreas Koháry (1694–1757) ∞ Margareta Therese Thavonath von Thavon
              1. Nikolaus Koháry (1721–1769)
              2. Ignaz Joseph Koháry (1726–1777) ∞ Maria Gabriela Countess Cavriani (1736–1803)
                1. Franz Joseph Koháry (1760–1826) ∞ Maria Antonia Countess Waldstein (noble family)
                  1. Franz Seraph Koháry (1792–1795)
                  2. Maria Antonia Koháry (1797–1862) ∞ Ferdinand Georg von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
                    1. House of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry
                2. Maria Theresia (1761–1812) ∞ Count Joseph Haller von Hallerkeö
                  1. Franz Haller von Hallerkeö
                3. Josepha (1764–1815) ∞ Count Ferdinand Laurencin d'Armond
                4. Mária Anna Gabriela (1768–1822) ∞ Baron Johann Baptist Gudenus (1753–1838)
              3. Anatal (1758)
              4. Maria ∞ Count Karl Erdődy
              5. Maria Theresa
              6. Karoline ∞ Count Josef Mittrowsky-Mitrowic
              7. Johann Nepomuk Koháry (1733–1780 / 1800) ∞ Baroness Maria Theresia Pinelli
                1. Nikolaus Koháry (1764–1810) ∞ Countess Maria Kinsky z Vchynic a Tetova (1775–1798)
                2. Josefa (1767–1803) ∞ Count Johann Sigismund Count Riesch
                3. Maria (1769-1824) ∞; Count József Forgách de Ghymes et Gács (1763–1832)
          3. Johann Koháry (1657–1690)

Possessions

In 1723, Stephan II. Koháry founded the Count of Koháry's entails . A provision in the deed of foundation of the Count of Koháry's entails stipulated that the owner of the same had to be a Catholic. The property included lordships in Murany , Baloghvár , Derencsény and Fülek as well as the three Lower Austrian lordships in Ebenthal , Dürnkrut and Walterskirchen and comprised over 100,000 yoke properties, mines and factories.

Castles

  • Csabrag Castle, loaned to Peter Kohary in 1622. The family headquarters until 1750, then replaced by Svätý Anton Castle. Destroyed by fire in 1812.

  • Szituna Castle in the Schemnitz Mountains , loaned to Peter Koháry in 1629. Destroyed in 1703 during the uprising of Francis II Rákóczi .

  • Sankt Anton , in family ownership since 1622. Beginning of the 18th century. Erected as a two-wing complex, expanded to a four-wing construction by Count Andreas Koháry around 1750. The splendid furnishings of the castle have been preserved to this day and can be viewed as part of the Slovak Hunting Museum.

  • Ebenthal Castle (Lower Austria) , acquired by Count Andreas Koháry in 1732 and expanded into a representative country estate.

  • Walterskirchen Castle , acquired by Count Andreas Koháry in 1733.

  • Dürnkrut Castle , bought in 1778.

Burial places

The Koháry family crypt is located in the Hronský Beňadik abbey church . The last to be buried here were Franz Joseph Koháry in 1826 and his wife Maria Antonia von Waldstein in 1854. In 1902, on behalf of Ferdinand of Bulgaria, a monument was erected in the church for Stephan II. Koháry below his epitaph. In Kleinhadersdorf in Lower Austria, Franz Joseph Koháry had his only son Franz Seraph Koháry (1792–1798), his mother Maria Gabriela Countess Cavriani (1736–1803) and three other relatives buried. In 1840 Franz Neumann designed a neo-Gothic grave monument for it.

Coat of arms of the Counts of Koháry

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Koháry is described as follows: “The unchanged old coat of arms is a sky-blue shield, in which a soaring crowned golden lion, who holds up a bare saber in his right paw, is turned to the right on a low white rock. Above the shield is adorned with a count's crown, above which the eye of God floats surrounded by golden rays, with the motto above: Dat Deus cui vult (God gives whoever he will). "

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Kohary family  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Wilpert: Brief history of the catholic, so-called "Koháry" line of the ducal house of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, Munich 1990, http://gateway-bayern.de/BV014584282
  2. ^ Günter Fuhrmann, The Lion with the Scimitar - The History of the Koháry Family and their Relationship to the Weinviertel. In: Home in the wine country. Local history supplement to the official gazette of the district administration Mistelbach, year 2016/1 (Mistelbach 2016), 1.
  3. ^ Franz Karl Wißgrill: Scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the gentry and knighthood, p. 177.
  4. ↑ http://szelence.com/kohary/index.html
  5. ↑ Genealogical historical Almananach for the year 1848th
  6. ↑ August Wilpert: Brief history of the catholic, so-called "Koháry" line of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Munich 1990, page 3f., Http://gateway-bayern.de/BV014584282
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / castles.sk
  8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / castles.sk
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msa.sk
  10. ↑ http://www.kulturundwein.net/vinoversum.htm
  11. ↑ Andrea Boehm: Ebenthal. Home chronicle from the beginnings of the place until today. Ebenthal 1999