Serényi from Kis-Serény

Coat of arms of the Serényi Counts of Kis-Serény

Serényi von Kis-Serény is a Hungarian - Austrian noble family .

history

The exact origin and descent of the family is not entirely clear. From the 14th century, members of the family fought for the Hungarian king. Over time they rose to important positions at court. After the Habsburgs became the rulers of Hungary, members entered the imperial service, such as Count Anton Amand Serényi von Kis-Serény († February 20, 1738). From the beginning of the 17th century, the family acquired several large estates in Moravia , including Vlachovice , Luhačovice , Bohuslavice nad Vláří , Lomnice u Tišnova and Křekov .

On April 7, 1656, the family was raised to the rank of count .

As one of 64 noble families, the family had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .

Count Béla Serényi (1866-1919)

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms of 1656 shows the split plate right into Silver plahlweise a way up spiraling inward-swept, gold-winning, green and gold snake , left in blue awakened by blue and silver in three rows beams, accompanied above by a jumping gold - crowned silver pegasus . The Pegasus growing on the helmet with blue-silver covers .

Relatives

• Alois Graf Serényi von Kis-Serény , (1812–1893), politician and large landowner
• Béla Serényi (1866-1919), Minister
• Gábor Serényi (1615–1664), governor of Moravia
• Gabriel Graf Serényi von Kis-Serény (1817–1868), politician, civil servant and large landowner
• János Serényi († 1691) Lieutenant General, Chamberlain, President of the War Council
• Miklós Serényi (1898–1970), politician
• Otto Johann Graf Serényi von Kis-Serény (1855–1927), politician and large landowner

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Serényi, the counts, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 141–143 ( digitized version ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Serényi, coat of arms . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 146 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Genealogical manual of the count's houses 17, 2003, pp. 447–462; B 2, 1960, pp. 388-395; B 4, 1973, pp. 321-329
• Adelslexikon Vol. 13, 2002, pp. 305-306; Vol. 17, 2008, p. 509
• Révai nagy lexikona (XVI. Kött, Racine-Sodoma).

Web links

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

• Serényi family tree

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst August Krahl: “Moravian Wappenbuch from 1888 - Heraldic album of the Moravian landed estates - The Margraviate of Moravia in an art-historical relationship”, p. 80
2. ^ The Gothaischen Genealogical Pocket Books of the Nobility GB, Gotha 1941
3. ↑ ^{a b} biography (PDF; 156 kB)
4. ↑ biography (PDF; 145 kB)