Batthyány

Batthyány
Coat of arms of princes Batthyány in Vienna, Austria

Batthyány is the name of an old distinguished Hungarian Magnate family. The members of this family bear the title count or countess (Graf/Gräfin) respectively prince or princess (Fürst/Fürstin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvár. A branch of the family (Croatian: Baćan) was notable in Croatia as well, producing several Bans (viceroys) of Croatia in the 16th, 17th and 18th century.

The Batthyány family can trace its roots to the founding of Hungary in 896 AD by Árpád. The family derives from Chief Örs genus.[1][2][3] Árpád had seven chieftains, one by the name of Örs, which later became Kővágó-Örs. In 1398 Miklós Kővágó-Örs married Katalin Battyány. King Zsigmond (Sigismund) gave Miklós the region around the town of Battyán (now called Szabadbattyán) and he took the name Batthyány (lit. "from Battyán"). The family were first mentioned in documents in 1398 and had their ancestral seat in Güssing in the Austrian region Burgenland since 1522.

In 1570, Boldizsár Batthyány transformed the seat of the family, Güssing, into the center of Protestantism in the region. His descendant Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659), however, was Catholic and founded a Franciscan monastery in Güssing. Lajos Batthyány became the first Prime Minister of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and was executed in Pest in 1849. After 1945 the Batthyány family's property was largely expropriated in Hungary and other countries under Communist rule, although they retained their property in Austria.

Family members

  • Boldizsár Batthyány (1543 – 1590), baron, well-educated humanist, became Protestant in 1570
  • Ádám Batthyány (1610 – 1659), count, Founder of the Franciscan monastery in Güssing
  • Károly József Batthyány (1698 – 1772), Austrian Field Marshal and later educator of Joseph II, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia
  • József Batthyány (1727 – 1799), bishop
  • Ignác Batthyány (1741 – 1798), bishop
  • Kázmér Batthyány (1807 – 1854), politician, minister in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
  • Franciska Batthyány (1802 – 1861), born Széchenyi
  • Lajos Batthyány (1807 – 1849), executed, first Hungarian Prime Minister
  • Count József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812), his father
  • Gusztáv, 5th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1803 – 1883), English sportsman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
  • Ludovika Olga Karoline Philippine Antonia Batthyany (1869–1939)
  • Count Tivadar Batthyány , (1859–1931)
  • László, 7th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1870 – 1931), oculist, beatified in 2003
  • Comtesse Margit Batthyány (1914 – 1959)de:Margit von Batthyány, lived until the end of World War II on Castle Rechnitz (Burgenland) where she was engaged in breeding horses and maintaining a reconvalescence home for members of the SS. Her involvement in the infamous Rechnitz massacre[4] is still controversial.

External links

References

  1. ^ August Ernst, Geschichte des Burgenlandes, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1991, p.140 [1]
  2. ^ András Koltai, Adam Batthyány und seine Bibliothek, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, 2002, p.292 [2]
  3. ^ Miklós Füzes, Batthyány Kázmér, Gondolat, 1990, p. 5
  4. ^ http://www.signandsight.com/features/1591.html



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Batthyany — Batthyány ist der Name einer alten, bedeutenden ungarischen Magnatenfamilie. Von Forschern und Historikern wird die Herkunft der Magnaten Familie Batthyány auf das Geschlecht der Eors (Örs oder Urs) zurückgeführt, welche 970 erstmals erwähnt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Batthyány — Familles d origine ou apparentées : gens Örs Période : depuis le …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Batthyany — Batthyány Batthyány : ancienne maison de Hongrie dont les membres furent faits barons de l Empire en 1585 et princes, en 1764. François Batthyány, qui commandait en chef à la bataille de Mohács, 1526 Charles Batthyány, qui battit les… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Batthyány —   [ bɔtjaːni], ungarisches Magnatengeschlecht, 1389 urkundlich erwähnt, seit 1628 ungarische Barone, seit 1630 ungarische Grafen. Die jüngere Hauptlinie (Batthyány Strattmann) wurde 1764 in den Reichsfürstenstand erhoben. Mitglieder der Familie… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Batthyány — (spr. battjānji), altadlige ungar. Familie, angeblich aus dem Geschlechte des Eörs (Örs), eines Genossen Árpáds. Beglaubigter ist ihre Verwandtschaft mit der alten Familie Rátold. Ihr erster nachweisbarer Ahnherr war Georg Kis de Kövágo Eörs (um… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Batthyany — (izg. baćȃni) DEFINICIJA 1. mađarska feudalna obitelj; u Hrvatskoj se prvi put spominju 1401; barunstvo dobili 1628, grofovstvo 1630, a naslov hercega 1764; uspon obitelji u Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji započeo Baltazar I (1452 1520); Teodor I (1729… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Batthyány — Stammsitz der Familie Batthyány: Burg Güssing Batthyány ist der Name einer alten und weit verzweigten ungarischen Adelsfamilie, die als Magnaten, Grafen und Fürsten zu den bedeutendsten Geschlechtern Österreich Ungarns gehörten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Batthyány tér —  Batthyány tér sur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Batthyány Square — (Hungarian: Batthyány tér ) is a square in Budapest. It is located on the Buda side of the Danube river directly opposite the Hungarian Parliament Building. It is named after Lajos Batthyány, the first Prime Minister of Hungary.Batthyány Square… …   Wikipedia

  • Batthyány tér (métro de Budapest) — Batthyány tér Plateforme Localisation Ville Budapest Gestion et exploitation Exploitant Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”