Széchenyi (noble family)

Coat of arms of the Széchenyi

Count István (Stephan) Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian statesman and "freedom hero"

Széchenyi Castle in Nagycenk

The Széchenyi or Széchényi [ ˈseːʧeːɲi ] family is a Hungarian aristocratic family whose members played a decisive role in the cultural, economic and technical development of the Hungarian nation, especially in the 19th century.

history

The eponymous ancestral seat of the family was Szécsény in northern Hungary. The first important representative was György Széchényi (1592–1695), Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary. His nephew György II. Széchényi was raised to the rank of count in 1697 by Emperor Leopold I.

From 1741 Count Antal Széchényi (1714–1767) had the Széchenyi Castle built in the late Baroque and Classical style in the village of Nagycenk in western Hungary . It was later the residence of István Széchenyi .

The bishop Miklós Széchényi (1868–1923) came from a branch line .

In many places in Hungary roads, bridges and public facilities are named after the most important member of the family, Count István (Stephan) Széchenyi (1791–1860).

Descendant list

Antal Széchényi (1714–1767), builder of the Nagycenk castle

1. Ferenc (Franz) Széchényi (1754–1820), founder of the Hungarian National Museum and the Hungarian National Library ; 6 children including
   1. Ludwig Maria Aloys (1781–1855); 9 children, including
      1. Imre Széchényi (1825–1898), Austro-Hungarian diplomat; 4 children including
         1. Dionys (Dénes) Széchényi (1866-1936); ⚭ 1896 Emilie de Riquet Countess de Caraman-Chimay (1871–1944)
         2. Ladislaus (László) Széchényi (1879–1938); ⚭ 1908 Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (1886–1965)
      2. Dionys (Dénes) Széchenyi , (1828–1892) Hungarian diplomat; 4 children including
         1. Viktor (1871–1945), Hungarian politician; 5 children including
            1. Count Zsigmond Széchenyi (1898–1967), big game hunter, zoologist and travel writer
   2. Franziska Countess Batthyány (1783–1861), b. Széchenyi, founder of the St. Vincent monastery in Pinkafeld
   3. Count István (Stephan) Széchenyi (1791–1860)
      1. Béla (Adelbert) Széchenyi (1837–1918), explorer to North America, Algeria and Southeast Asia
      2. Ödön Széchenyi (Edmund von Széchenyi) (1839–1922), politician and fire service pioneer in Hungary; 5 children including
         1. Andor (Andreas) Széchenyi (1865–1907), explorer in the South Seas, Africa and East Asia
         2. Bálint Emil Richard Peter (* November 23, 1893 Constantinople, † October 21, 1954 Paris), ⚭ 1st (divorced 1931) Maria Pss Galitzine (May 17, 1895 Marijno, † June 7, 1976 Willebadessen ); ⚭ 2. Margit Bachruch de Királykut (born May 26, 1893 Budapest † May 12, 1954 Paris)
            1. Marianna Veronika Paula Huberta (born August 1, 1923 Budapest, † February 10, 1999 Munich); ⚭ Olivér de Harisi (born July 10, 1899 Budapest, † March 17, 1977, Auckland NZ)
            2. Alexandra Crescentia Angela Elisabeth (* October 1, 1926 Heiligenstein , † February 6, 2018 Willebadessen), ⚭ Gulpen, Netherlands with Dietrich-Eberhard von Wrede (May 20, 1930 Willebadessen, † February 8, 2016 Paderborn)
               1. Constantine of Wrede
            3. Eva Maria Ilona Gabrielle (December 24, 1928 Ödenburg, † December 26, 1997)
            4. Beatrix Maria Valeria Therese Emerica (born January 30, 1930 Heiligenstein), ⚭ Joachim von Schönburg-Glauchau (born February 4, 1929, † September 29, 1998), divorced 1986
               1. Maria (Maya) Felicitas Alexandra Albertina Assunta Anna Fernanda Beatrix (born August 15, 1958 in Berlin-Steglitz ; † January 27, 2019) ⚭ 1985–1993 Friedrich Christian ("Mick") Flick
               2. Mariae Gloria (born February 23, 1960 in Stuttgart-Degerloch ) ⚭ 1980 Johannes Prince von Thurn und Taxis
               3. Carl Alban Maria László Gebhard Rudolf Johannes Georg Hubertus Kisito (born February 2, 1966 in Lomé , Togo ) ⚭ 1995 Juliet Beechy-Fowler
               4. Alexander Joachim (born August 15, 1969 in Mogadishu , Somalia ) ⚭ 1999 Irina Verena Princess of Hesse

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  Széchenyi Castle

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  Szechenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest

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  Szechenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Széchenyi, the count family, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 41st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1880, pp. 226–228 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Széchenyi (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Online Gotha of the Széchényi family

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Online Gotha of the Széchényi family
2. ↑ † 1918 according to Online-Gotha
3. ↑ Estate of Count Edmund von Széchenyi ( Memento of the original of November 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 435 kB) New Budapest newspaper October 19, 2001, accessed December 7, 2009.