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Laszlo Szapáry Laszlo Szapáry (12 July 1910 – 22 July 1998) was an Austrian sports shooter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games o ...

''. Count László Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (22 November 1831 – 28 September 1883) was a Hungarian nobleman and a general of the Austrian Imperial Army.

Early life

Born into the prominent Hungarian House of Szapáry, he was the fourth son of Count Ferenc Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár (1804-1875) and his wife, Countess Rozália Almásy de Zsadány et Török-Szent-Miklós (1806-1887).

Biography

He entered in service during the 1848 revolutions when he fought in Italy. Later he also participated in the

Second Italian War of Independence The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859 ( it, Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana; french: Campagne d'Italie), was fought by the Second French Empire and t ...

, particularly in the

Battle of Solferino The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmont-Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known ...

. Szapáry played a leading role in the

Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters supported by the Ottoman Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Army entered the country in two large mov ...

in 1878.

Personal life

On 28 April 1862, he married Countess Marianne von Grünne (1835-1906), daughter of Count

Karl Ludwig von Grünne Karl Ludwig Grünne, Count of (Graf von) Pinchard (25 August 1808, Vienna - 15 June 1884, Baden bei Wien) was an Austro-Hungarian general. Early life Karl Ludwig was born as the only son and second child of Count Philipp Ferdinand von Grünne-P ...

and his wife, Countess Caroline of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1808-1886), granddaughter of Prince Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg. Together they had four children: * Count Károly István László Szapáry (1864-1878) * Countess Ferdinándina Szapáry (1867-1892); unmarried * Count

Frigyes Szapáry Count Frigyes Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (15 November 1869 – 18 March 1935), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat of Hungarian origin serving as ambassador at St. Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I and who played ...

(1869-1935) * Countess Ilona Szapáry (1877-1884)

External links

László Szapáry genealogy
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