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family from Vas county, who moved to Sopron and Zala counties also. The family received noble title in exchange for his service as a

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(Felsőőr). The family's nobility was confirmed on July 1, 1327, by Charles I. The first documented family name version (''felső-eőri Bertha'') was on January 18, 1582, by

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, when the family members were Márton, Mihály and Ferenc Bertha.Illésy's family history database
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Notable family members

* Ignác Bertha (1780-1847), vice-ispán of the county of Vas (alispán of Vas), landowner ** Antal Bertha (1808-1874), Prothonotary of the county of Vas, emissary of the county of Vas, landowner *** György Bertha (1841-1905), emissary of the county of Vas, supreme chief magistrate of the district of Pornói (főszolgabíró) in the county of Vas. * Sándor Bertha (1796-1877), royal officer, ministerial adviser ** Sándor Bertha (1843-1912), composer, pianist, writer * János Bertha, principal of the Szombathely manor * János Tádé Bertha (1757-1837), swore chief magistrate of county of Vas * Julianna Bertha (1817-1873) - József Széll (1801-1871), ispán-regent of Vas county ** Kálmán Széll, Prime Minister of Hungary * Mária Emilia Bertha (1820-1890) - Ferdinánd Chernel (1815-1891), vice-ispán of Vas county * Klára Bertha (1748-1772) - Antal Sibrik (1737-1797), vice-ispán of Győr ** Erzsébet Sibrik (1768-1803) - Ferenc Deák (1761–1808), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district (főszolgabíró) of Kapornak *** Ferenc Deák Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice

Notes

Sources

{{Commons category, Bertha family * Márton Szluha, ''Vas vármegye nemes családjai'', I. volume, 167–169. p., Heraldika Publisher, 2011 * Szluha Márton, ''Vas vármegye nemes családjai'', II. volume, 25. p., Heraldika Publisher, 2012
Iván Nagy, ''Magyarország családai'', 34-35. p., Pest: István Friebeisz, 1858

Márton Kovács, ''A felsőőri magyar népsziget'', Budapest, 1942
* dr. Ede Reiszig, ''Vasvármegye nemes családjai''
Imre Soós, ''Ősi sopronmegyei nemzetségek'', Sopron, 1967

External links

Family's website
Hungarian Roman Catholics People from Zala County People from Vas County Bertha family Hungarian nobility Hungarian noble families