Stephan Illésházy

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Stephan Illésházy with the Order of the Golden Fleece

Stephan Graf Illésházy (born April 30, 1762 in Preßburg , Kingdom of Hungary , † July 30, 1838 in Baden near Vienna , Austrian Empire ) was a large landowner , military and politician .

Descent and origin

The Illésházys family goes back to the time of the Hungarian conquest . The ancestor of the family is to be found in a family of the Salamon von Estoras , who lived on the Great Schüttinsel , had large estates there and lived at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1238 two sons Peter and Elias shared their father's property. And the two lines Zerház and Illésházy descend from them. In 1596 the Lords of Zerház changed the family name to Esterház (Esterházy).

Life

Stephan Illésházy was the only son of János Baptista Illésházy (* 1736 in Preßburg, † 10 May 1799 in Dubnitz an der Waag ) and his wife Szidónia Regina Batthyány von Német-Ujvár (* 7 May 1739 in Preßburg, † 26 January 1816 ibid.). He attended primary school in Tyrnau until 1771 , after which he studied philosophy at the University of Buda and law in Eger .

In 1797 Illesházy served as a major of the Toma-Liptov regiment in the Hungarian insurrection directed against Napoleon . In 1784 he took part - on instructions from Emperor Joseph II - in the suppression of the peasant uprising in Transylvania . After the death of his father in 1800 he noticed the hereditary Obergespanschaft the counties Liptau and Trenčín to.

After having been a member of the Hungarian Reichstag since 1790 , he quickly climbed the career ladder: 1792 kk Chamberlain, 1801 Privy Councilor. For his services he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1808 (Knights of the Order No. 873).

He gained great achievements in the development of the spa town of Trencin Teplice , which he made available to the public. In 1820 he had the family seat in Dubnitz an der Waag rebuilt and the palace was expanded to include a wing in the classical style . Stephan Illésházy was also active in charities. He had new churches built in Banowitz , Kasza and Felsőszernye .

Illésházys coat of arms

In 1825 he was a founding member and patron of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , which he became a full member in 1830. Illésházy was also active as a journalist, he mainly dealt with church history and legal work.

In 1786 he married Countess Therese Barkoczy de Szala (* 1766). However, the marriage remained childless. As he had health problems at an advanced age, he spent the last years of his life in various spas. During such a bathing visit he died on July 30, 1838 in Baden near Vienna.

Since Stephan Illésházy did not produce any legitimate male heirs, the Illésházyz family died out in the male line.

literature

  • László Berényi: Esterházyak - Egy ezeréves család történetei. 2nd volumes. Esterháza 2014, ISBN 978-963-88405-4-7 . (Hungarian)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ After the name of Elias ( Hungarian Illés ), one of Solomon's son, the present-day village of Illesháza on the Great Schüttinsel was also named. The nearby second town of Zerháza (or Szerháza), which Salamon's other son, Peter inherited, no longer exists today.
  2. ↑ Stephan had three younger sisters: Josepha (* 1764) ∞ with Franz Joseph Graf von Windischgraetz (* 1752, † 1828), Maria ∞ with Fekete (Count?) Galánthay and Julia († April 24, 1814) ∞ with Anton Graf Cziráky de Czirák et Dénesfalva (* 1772, † 1852).
  3. ↑ The university was founded in 1635 by Péter Pázmany in Tyrnau. On February 1, 1777, Queen Maria Theresa signed permission to move the university to Buda . In the same year it opened its doors in the royal palace . (today Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest )
  4. ↑ The Trenčín Teplitz spa was founded by the Illésházys in the 16th century. And it was owned by this family for 241 years.
  5. ^ The Hungarian Academy of Sciences was founded on November 3rd, 1825.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berényi, Volume 1, pp. 139 ff and 191 ff (see literature)
personal data
SURNAME Illésházy, Stephan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Illésházy, Stephan Graf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Big landowners, military and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Pressburg , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1838
Place of death Baden near Vienna , Austrian Empire