Zichy Jenő

	Zichy Jenő Zichy is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Mihály Zichy (1827–1906), Hungarian painter and graphic artist * Maria Anna Stubenberg Zichy (1821-1912), composer Eleonóra Zichy (1867–1945), Hungarian noblewoman Géza Zichy (1849–1924), Hungarian composer Melanie Metternich-Zichy (1832–1919), Austrian aristocrat Theodore Zichy (1908-1987) - a British-Hungarian auto racer, actor, photographer, film director, producer and playboy See also * Zichy family, is the name of a Magyar family of the Hungarian nobility Zichy Land Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''Zemlya Zichy'') is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separate ... , is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mihály Zichy Mihály Zichy (; german: Michael von Zichy; 15 October 1827 – 28 February 1906) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He is considered a notable representative of Hungarian romantic painting. He lived and worked primarily in St. Petersburg and Paris during his career. He is known for illustrating the Georgian epic poem ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' on an 1881 commission by the intelligentsia. By the time he had completed 35 pictures, he was so moved by the poem that he gave his works to the Georgian people as a gift. Biography During his law studies in Pest from 1842, Zichy attended Jakab Marastoni's art school as well. He went to Vienna to study under Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller in 1844. ''Lifeboat'', his first major work, was painted during this period. On Waldmüller's recommendation, Zichy was hired as an art teacher in St. Petersburg. He swore allegiance to freedom in 1849 by painting the portrait of Lajos Batthyány, the first Hungarian prime minister. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maria Anna Stubenberg Maria Anna Stubenberg (August 9, 1821December 1, 1912) was a German composer who used Hungarian and gypsy folk tunes in her compositions. Biography Maria Anna Herrin und Gräfin von Buttlar-Stubenberg was born in Graz, Austria, to Gustav Adolf Josef Christian Felix Herr und Graf von Stubenberg and Maria Franciszka Freiin Staudach. She married Johann Remekhazy von Gurahoncz on February 15, 1840, and Friedrich Graf von Zichy on February 22, 1848. Her married names were Remekhazy von Gurahoncz, and von Zichy. Works Stubenberg lived in Hungary as a child, and used Hungarian and gypsy folk tunes in her compositions for voice, piano, and zither. She composed works ranging through at least opus 90, using texts from folksongs and writers such as Eugen Graf Aichelburg, Rudolph Baumbach, William Bosworth, Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust, Emanuel von Geibel, Heinrich Heine, and Nikolaus Lenau Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eleonóra Zichy Countess Eleonóra Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (28 March 1867 – 31 October 1945)Death register entry, Budapest, 12th district, 4031/1945. was a Hungarian noblewoman, granddaughter of Count Manó Péchy. Her parents were Count Rezső Zichy and Countess Jacqueline Péchy. She married Tivadar Andrássy, son of Gyula Andrássy on 24 June 1885; they had four children: * Ilona (1886–1967); wife of József Cziráky; emigrated to Canada in 1961 * Borbála (1890–1968), wife of Marquis György Pallavicini * Katinka (1892–1985), ''Red Countess'', wife of Count Mihály Károlyi * Klára (1898–1941), Communist partisan In 1909, four years after her husband's death, Eleonóra Zichy married to her former brother in law, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, brother of Tivadar. References External links * Iván Nagy: ''Magyarország családai czimerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal. I-XIII.'' Bp., 1857–1868 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zichy, Eleonora 1867 births 1945 deaths Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Géza Zichy Géza Zichy (23 July 184914 January 1924) was a Hungary, Hungarian composer and was also renowned as the world's first professional one-armed pianist.Harold C. Schonberg, ''The Great Pianists'', p. 252 Zichy also published an autobiography ("Aus meinem Leben", 3 vols, 1911–24) and some poetry. Biography Zichy was born in Sztára Castle in 1849. He came from a noble family and held the title Count Vasony-Keö. Zichy lost his right arm in a hunting accident at age 14 or 15. Instead of despair, he doubled his strive, to form himself into a true piano virtuoso. “''I closed the door,''” he says in his memoirs, “a''nd got dressed alone. The door handle, the furniture, my legs, my teeth all helped. At lunch I did not eat any food that I could not cut myself and did not accept the slightest service. Today I peel apples, cut my nails myself, dress alone, ride, drive four-in-hand, I am a good hunter with bullets and buckshot, and I even learned to play the piano a bit. You can be in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Melanie Metternich-Zichy Princess Melanie Marie Pauline Alexandrine von Metternich-Zichy (Vienna, 27 February 1832 — Vienna, 16 November 1919) was an Austrian aristocrat. Biography A member of the House of Metternich, she was the daughter of Austrian diplomat and politician Prince Klemens von Metternich and his third wife, Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1805–1854). She married Count József Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1814–1897), brother of Antónia Zichy, on 20 November 1853. Not a traditional conservative like her father, Princess Melanie Metternich-Zichy played a role in founding the Christian Social Party (Austria). For example, in 1888, her palace was the site of a meeting of politicians who would eventually found the Christian Social Party; that meeting was attended by, among others, Karl Lueger Karl Lueger (; 24 October 1844 – 10 March 1910) was an Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, and leader and founder of the Austrian Christian Social Party. He is credited with the transform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Theodore Zichy Count Theodore Béla Rudolf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő ( hu, Zichi és Vásonkeői gróf Zichy Tivadar Béla Rudolf; 13 June 1908 – 30 December 1987) was a British actor, photographer, film director, producer and playboy of Hungarian descent. Early life Born in Eastbourne in Sussex in 1908, the son of Count Béla Mária Rudolf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1868–1944), a Hungarian aristocrat, and an American mother, Mabel Elizabeth Wright (1865–1926), his brother was Edward George Béla Mária Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1898–1958). A great-nephew of Mihály Zichy, Theodore Zichy held British and Hungarian citizenship. Career In 1928, he started racing Bugattis, which he continued on and off until 1932. He learned to fly at Brooklands in the late 1930s, owned a de Havilland Puss Moth registered G-AAXY and kept this at Brooklands from 1938 to 1939 and served in the Air Transport Auxiliary as a First Officer from 1940 to 1941. Some forty years later, he recalled his experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Zichy Family The House of Zichy (of Zich and Vásonykő) is the name of a Hungarian people, Magyar family of the Hungarian nobility, conspicuous in History of Hungary, Hungarian history from the latter part of the 13th century onwards. Brief history of the Zichy The first authentic ancestor of the Zichy bore the name of Gal (Gál) Zayk, and Zayk was the surname of the family until it came into possession of Zich in the 14th century. They first came into great prominence in the 17th century, being given countly rank in 1679 in the person of the imperial general Stefan Zichy (d. 1693). His descendants divided, first into two branches: those of Zichy-Palota and Zichy-Karlburg. The Palota line, divided again into three: that of Nagy-Lang, that of Adony and Szent-Miklos, and that of Palota, which died out in the male line in 1874. The line of Zichy-Karlburg (since 1811 Zichy-Ferraris) split into four branches: that of Vedrod, that of Vezsony, and those of Daruvar and Csics, now extinct. Prominent Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]