The House of Szapáry (Hungarian: ''Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár'') is the name of an old and important Hungarian noble family, which derived its name from the village of Szapár.

History

The family can trace back their noble lienage back to the first half of the 16th century, in particular from a local

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''György Szapáry de Szapár'' (1527-1592). In 1690 they were awarded with the title of

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.http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/szapary1.html#J Members of this family were upgraded to the title of

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(Hungarian: ''grof''), granted to them on 28 December 1722 by

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and many of them played a prominent military, political, diplomatic and philanthropic role in the history of the

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Notable family members

Etelka Szapáry 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 seco ...

(1798–1876), Hungarian noblewoman *

László Szapáry ''not to be confused with his grandson Laszlo Szapáry''. 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 ...

(1831–1883), Austro-Hungarian general who played a leading role in the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 *

Gyula Szapáry Count Gyula Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget, Arhaically English: Julius Szapáry, French: Jules Szapáry (1 November 1832 – 20 January 1905) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 t ...

(1832–1905), Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892 *

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

(1869–1935), Ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the

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at the outbreak of World War I, who played a key role during the

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of 1914. He is the grandfather of

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. * Margit Szapáry (1871–1943), German salonnière * György Szapáry (born 1938), Hungarian–Belgian economist and diplomat *Yvonne Szapáry (born 1944), married to Prince Karl of Hesse

Related people

– on her maternal grandfather's side.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szapary Hungarian noble families