The House of Nyáry or Nyáry of Bedegh and Berencs (Hungarian: bedeghi és berencsi Nyáry család) is a
Hungarian aristocratic family.
Origin
The first known ancestor of the family is
János Nyáry in 1329 as a royal fiduciary representative. The family is in continuous line from the 15th century. The first prominent member is Gál, officer and member of the court of
King Matthias
Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several mi ...
,
főispán of
Somogy. He was rewarded for his bravery with the title of baron in 1535. Another branch was also raised to the rank of baron in 1573 then to that of count in 1632.
Notable Members
*
Ferenc Nyáry (1500-1551),
hussar officer, he was rewarded for his bravery - against the Turks - by the title of baron in 1535 and by numerous estates and castles, including
Berencs and
Korlátkő. He was
főispán de Hont, grand squire and grand captain of the kingdom.
*
Lőrinc Nyáry (1515-1559),
főispán of
Hont, guardian of the crown (koronaőr).
* Count
Pál Nyáry (1550-1607), general, court master of
Prince Stephen II Bocskai.
* Count
István Nyáry (1585-1643), Master of the Gates of the Realm, Grand Captain of Upper Hungary.
* Baroness
Krisztina Nyáry
Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh (31 October 1604 – 17 February 1641) was the daughter of Baron Pál Nyáry and Katalin Várday de Kisvárda. She was the second wife of Palatine Nikolaus, Count Esterházy. Her son, among others, was Paul I, P ...
(1604-1641), wife of
Palatine of Hungary
The Palatine of Hungary ( hu, nádor or , german: Landespalatin, la, palatinus regni Hungariae) was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were represe ...
Miklós Esterházy Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to:
In Hungarian politics
* Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist
* Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hu ...
and mother of
Prince Paul I Esterházy.
* Count
Rudolf Nyáry (1828-1900), Canon of Esztergom, writer and theologian.
* Count
Ernő Nyáry (1906-1987),
Carmelite
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friar,
Archbishop of Baghdad.
* Count
János Nyáry, founding president (1994) of the Hungarian Association of Historical Families (MTCSE, equivalent of ANF).
References
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Hungarian noble families