Baron, later Count Sándor Károlyi de Nagykároly (german: Alexander Károly von Nagy-Károly; 20 March 1668 – 8 September 1743) was a Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and Imperial
Feldmarschall
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. He was one of the generals of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confedera ...
during the
War of Independence
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. Later he negotiated the
Treaty of Szatmár
The Treaty of Szatmár (or the Peace of Szatmár) was a peace treaty concluded at Szatmár (present-day Satu Mare, Romania) on 29 April 1711 between the House of Habsburg emperor Charles VI, the Hungarian estates and the Kuruc rebels. It formal ...
, which guaranteed autonomy to the Hungarian nobles.
Early life
He was born in Nagykároly,
Kingdom of Hungary
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(present-day
Carei
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History
The first mention of the city under the name of "Karul ...
,
Romania
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) on 20 March 1668, as a son of László Károlyi and his second wife, Erzsébet Sennyey. The Károly family is one of the oldest, richest, and most famous noble families of Hungary. The Károly castle with market towns and parishes is located in
Upper Hungary
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beyond the
Tisza
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The Tisza be ...
, in
Szatmár County
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.
[Constant Wurzbach, ''Károly, die Grafen,'' BLKÖ, v11, pp. 1–2]
War with the Turks and Hungarian uprising
After the
Battle of Vienna
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(1683), and the subsequent (and eventual) ejection of the Ottoman armies from the
Principality of Transylvania in the
Second Battle of Mohács in 1687, the disintegration of the Ottoman army while it crossed the Tisza river at the
Battle of Zenta
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, allowed Imperial Habsburg armies to conquer large areas, including most of present-day
Slavonia
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and
Transylvania
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came under Imperial rule. On 9 December 1687 there was organized a
Diet
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in
Pressburg
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and Archduke Joseph was crowned as the first hereditary king of Hungary; future Habsburgs were declared to be the anointed kings of Hungary.
[A. J. P. Taylor, ''The Habsburg Monarchy 1809–1918,'' University of Chicago Press, 1976, pp. 12–15.]
In 1691
Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden
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, also called ''Türkenlouis'', was returning from his Transylvanian victories and Károlyi rode to meet him, to pay his respects. Together they inspected a fortress at Szatmár in which the Margrave found fault with the fortifications. Its commander, General Loeffelholz, claimed that the fortifications were in disrepair because Karolyi had not furnished the requisite quota of labor. Károlyi told the Margrave that his county had redeemed its obligation in payment of hard cash. His speech was interpreted as signs of disrespect and rebelliousness, traits the Habsburg notables deplored in Hungarian nobles.
Uprising
Károlyi traveled to
Vienna
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to negotiate with Imperial ministers over what he and other nobles deemed excessive taxation, conscription, and extraction of war contributions; his wife remained at the family estate. Imperial commanders threatened her with county-wide devastation unless she provided war contributions; she refused, and the Habsburg garrison of the family's primary fortress surrendered without consulting her or their Hungarian commanders. Károlyi's wife and daughter (Klára) were evicted from their home. On his return trip to his home, town after town controlled by Imperial War office refused him lodging. After a series of attempts to recover his property, locate his family, and complete negotiations for fairer extractions, he was pushed into rebellion with several other Hungarian nobles, notably
Sigismund Rákóczi
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(acknowledge prince of Hungary) and
Gabriel Báthory
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.
[Hengelmueller, p. 110.]
The Habsburg forces, fully engaged in the lengthy
War of the Spanish Succession
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, did not have the additional military power to engage the nobles, but the Hungarian leadership had neither the financial resources nor the military ones, to defeat the Habsburg forces in Hungary. Throughout 1703–1706, the former Habsburg general wrought havoc in Moravia and Bohemia. The ongoing insurrection, in which Sándor Károlyi played a significant part, led to the deposition of the Habsburg king in Hungary in 1707. However, after victories at
Blenheim and
Turin
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, the Habsburgs were able to devote more resources against recalcitrant Hungarians.
[J. S. Bromley, The New Cambridge Modern History CUP Archive, 1976, Volume 6: ''The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688–1715/25'']
pp. 585–585
The uprising took a dramatic turn at the
Battle of Trencsén
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, on 4 August 1708. Rákóczi was knocked off his horse; his troops thought he had been killed, and fled. Rákóczi fled to Poland.
Diplomacy
On 30 April 1711, with the
Treaty of Szatmár
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, a group of Hungarian nobles led by Károlyi deserted its leader Rákóczi and recognized Habsburg rule. In turn, the Habsburgs recognized the traditional constitution and privileges of Hungary. Although the Hungarian claim over Transylvania was not confirmed, at least not positively, Vienna recognized the rights of Protestants, Hungarian autonomy (especially with regard to the taxation of landholders), and the Hungarian Diet was considered sacrosanct.
[ The compromise was confirmed in the ]Pragmatic Sanction
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When used ...
,[ although the rights of Protestants continued to be a contested issue well through the remainder of the century.
]
Later work
In 1719, he suppressed anti-Habsburg riots in the lands beyond the Tisz river. In 1741, the Hungarian nobility instigated unrest in the same region, and the Empress Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' (in her own right). ...
appointed him as Field Marshal. He successfully quelled the unrest there.[
]
Family
The Károlyi family dates from the thirteenth century, belonged to the clan Kaplon, with roots in the old families of Becsky, Komahidy, Bagossy and Kaplyon. Mihály (III) (1585–1626) and Erzsébet Perényi had several surviving children: Péter and Bertalan, who died young, and Mihály (IV) (1585–1626) and Zsuzsanna) (died 1621). Zsuzsanna married Baron Pál Esterházy. Mihály's son, László (died 28 February 1689) married first Judit Csapy, and second Erzsébet Sennyey. Sándor Károlyi was one of twenty siblings, of which he was the only male survivor. He and his wife, Countess Krisztina Barkóczy de Szala, had three children, Ferenc (1705–1758), who was a general of cavalry, Klára, and László, who died in 1702.[
His son Ferenc or Franz (his only male survivor) commanded the Károlyi Hussar regiment on the Rhine in 1741.][
Additional descendants through Franz include:][
*Antal Károlyi (25 October 1732–24 August 1791) Also called Feren Antal. Served in the ]Seven Years' War
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and under Marshal Daun
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* József Károlyi (6 October 1768–4 April 1803). General of Hussars. Led an insurrection of Hungarian nobles in 1797.
:*Lajos Károlyi (15 Sept 1799–1863) jurist.
::*László Károlyi (24 February 1824–23 June 1852) KuK Marine officer
::*Alajos Károlyi
Count Alajos Károlyi de Nagykároly (8 August 18252 December 1889) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat.
Biography
He was born in Vienna, into the Hungarian noble family of Károlyi, whose fame dates from the time of Sándor Károlyi (1668–1743), o ...
(8 August 1831–2 December 1889), diplomat
:*György Károlyi (28 March 1802–) economist and politician
::*Gyula (4 July 1837–23 November 1890) Hungarian politician
::*Viktor (19 Februarr 1839–1 April 1888). Hungarian politician
::*Gábor
::* Tibor Károlyi, (26 September 1843–5 April 1904), Hungarian politician
:*István Károlyi (1797–?)
::*Ede Károlyi (1821–), Hungarian soldier and politician
:::*Georgina
::::*Mihály Károlyi
Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly ( hu, gróf nagykárolyi Károlyi Mihály Ádám György Miklós; archaically English: Michael Adam George Nicholas Károlyi, or in short simple form: Michael Károlyi; 4 March 1875 ...
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.
See also
*Rákóczi's War of Independence
Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–11) was the first significant attempt to topple the rule of the Habsburgs over Hungary. The war was conducted by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákó ...
Citations
Sources
*Bromley, J. S. ''The New Cambridge Modern History''. CUP Archive, 1976. Volume 6: ''The Rise of Great Britain and Russia''. 1688–1715/25
*Hengelmueller, Ladislaus, Freiher von Iengevar,'' Hungary's Fight for National Existence,'' MacMillan 1913.
*Marczali, Henry. ''Hungary in the Eighteenth Century,'' Cambridge University Press, 2015 910
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*''Prinz Eugen von Savoyen 1663–1736'', CUP Archive, 1963.
*Taylor, A.J.P. ''The Habsburg Monarchy 1809–1918,'' University of Chicago Press, 1976.
*Wurzbach, Constant. Károly, die Grafen, ''BLKÖ,'' v11, pp. 1–2
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