Countess Etelka (Adelhaid) Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (26 September 1798 – 10 November 1876) was a
Hungarian noblewoman and a landowner.
Early life
Born as a member of an old noble
House of Szapáry, she was the second daughter of Count Péter Szápáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár (1766-1827) and his wife, Countess Júlia Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (1770-1827).
Biography
Etelka Szapáry possessed the
Letenye
Letenye (, sl, Letina) is a town in Zala County, Hungary, on the border with Croatia. Across the border is the town of Goričan. Letenye was elevated to town status in 1989.
History
Transport
Letenye is the endpoint of the Hungarian M7 moto ...
castle, which was built by her father. The mansion became the property of the
Andrássy family as her dowry. Today, it operates as a community center.
She is buried in the Andrássy Mausoleum in
Tőketerebes. Her sarcophagus rests in the crypt.
Family
She married Count
Károly Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai in
Betlér, 1809. They had four children:
* Countess Kornélia (1820–1836)
* Count
Manó (1821–1891): married to Countess Gabriella
Pálffy de Erdőd (1833–1914)
* Count
Gyula (1823–1890):
Prime Minister of Hungary
The prime minister of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország miniszterelnöke) is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political part ...
,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary, married to Countess
Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz
* Count
Aladár (1827–1903): married Baroness Leontina Wenckheim de Wenckheim (1841–1921).
References
Sources
* Alexandra Schmal (ed.): ''Levelek az Andrássy-házból (1864–1869)''. General Press Kiadó, Budapest, 2007.
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1798 births
1876 deaths
Hungarian nobility
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