Dr. István Farkas de Boldogfa (11 July 1875 – 6 January 1921) was a Hungarian nobleman,

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of the

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, supreme chief magistrate of district of

Sümeg Sümeg (german: Schimeck) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. Sümeg is mostly known for Sümeg Castle. It is north of Lake Balaton. Twin towns – sister cities Sümeg is twinned with: * Aichtal, Germany * Sovata Sovata (; hu, Szov� ...

( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') in the county of Zala.

Life

Born in

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in the county of Zala, in the former

, István Imre ( English: ''Stephen Emeric''), descended from the ancient

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family Farkas de Boldogfa (in Hungarian: ''boldogfai Farkas'' család). He was son of

Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (22 September 1713 – 22 February 1770) was a Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, and vice-ispán of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala'') between 1761 and 1769. Biography Born in Zalaboldogfa in the county ...

(1838–1908), landowner, Zala county auditor and monetary

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of the county, and the noble lady Zsófia Marton de Nemesnép (1842–1900). His paternal grandparents were Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1779-1844), judge, landowner, and Borbála Joó (1817-1881). His maternal grandparents were the Hungarian nobleman József Marton de Nemesnép (1797-1858), deputy-noble judge ( Hungarian: ''alszolgabíró''), jurist, landowner in Zala county, and Rozália Szluha de Verbó (1816-1883). His great grandfather was

János Farkas de Boldogfa János Farkas de Boldogfa (17 November 1741 – 12 November 1788) was a Hungarian jurist, lawyer, landowner, Prothonotary of the county of Zala, president of the Supreme court of Zala County ( Latin: "''Inclyti Sedis Iudiciaria Comitatus Szalad ...

(1741-1788), jurist, lawyer, landowner,

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of the county of Zala. István's brother was vitéz

Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa Vitéz Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (16 September 1880 – 11 January 1946) was a Hungarian nobleman, colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary, captain of the Order of Vitéz of the county of Zala. He was knight of the Order of the Austrian Iron Crown ...

(1880–1946),

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of the

, captain of the

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of the county of Zala, knight of the

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. Their

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was József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), landowner, politician, Member of the

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. István Farkas de Boldogfa finished his studies of law on June 25th 1901 in the

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( Hungarian: ''Kolozsvár''). On December 8th he was appointed honorary chief magistrate of district in the

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. On December 16th he became the substitute chief magistrate of district of

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. He occupied the same office during the following 10 years but in different districts within Zala, for example Alsólendva, and Nova, until he was elected supreme chief magistrate of district of

( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') in 1911. István ran the investigation, controlling and ceasing of the

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that took many lives in the district of Sümeg in 1911. He had a strong hand controlling the cleanness of the public establishments and areas of the city and the district, what gain him a good name and respect among the locals. He organized a charity

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on February 1st

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, in order to obtain funds for creating the sculpture of the Hungarian Martyr of the

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named

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, who was from Zala county. In the same year, he founded a Farmer Circle in Sümeg, what served for helping improve in the smallest agricultors' techniques in Zala. During the First World War, in 1917, the great alimentary crisis allowed several merchants a sellers to increase the prices of the food and products on the local markets. Controlling this situation, he put order regulating the prices.Balatonvidék, 1917 (21. évfolyam, 1-51. szám) • 1917-12-09 49. szám During the War after his services as the administrator of the District of Sümeg, he received the War Cross for Civil Merits and also a diploma of merit from the Hungarian Red cross. During the

Hungarian Soviet Republic The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...

of 1919, he was attacked by a riot that broke into his residence in Sümeg and severely beat him. After this he renounced to his office and then died a year later in 1921 in the Saint John Hospital of Budapest.

Marriages and children

István Farkas de Boldogfa had two wives. He married his first wife in February 11th 1903 in

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; she was the noble lady Erzsébet Persay de Persa (1885-1913), daughter of Gyula Persay de Persa (1855-1924), pharmacist, landowner, director of the Savings Bank of

, and Erzsébet Kiss de Nemeskér (1867-1888). Her paternal grandparents were János Persay de Persa (1813–1870), landowner in Áporka, and Terézia Szalay de Tornócz (1819–1857); her maternal grandparents were the nobleman István Kiss de Nemeskér (1833–1884), pharmacist, pharmacy owner in Nemesvid and

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, and Alojzia Schandl (1837–1915). From his first marriage with Erzsébet Persay de Persa three children were born; among them was Endre Farkas de Boldogfa (1908-1994),

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of the

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of the Hungarian Armies during

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, who married the daughter of a member from a wealthy Hungarian family of the

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, the

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artist

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(1924-2013). István Farkas' second wife was the noble lady Johanna Horváth de Pósfa (1883-1919), daughter of János Horváth de Pósfa (1839-1923), director of the engine factory of the company

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, Knight of

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, and Irma Forintos de Forintosháza (1860-1916), whom he married in July 25th

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. Her paternal grandparents were György Horváth de Pósfa ( 1801-

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), lawyer, landowner and the noble lady Emília Fleischhacker ( 1813- 1863). Her maternal grandparents were Kálmán Forintos de Forintosháza (

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- 1903), deputy-noble judge ( Hungarian: ''alszolgabíró''), landowner, and the noble lady Johanna Schöen von Liebingen ( 1838-

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). From the second marriage with Johanna Horváth de Pósfa only one boy reached the adulthood: István Sándor Farkas (1918-1975).

Bibliography

*Szluha Márton (2011). Vas vármegye nemes családjai. I. kötet. Heraldika kiadó

References

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