Prince Tasziló Festetics de Tolna (5 May 1850 – 4 May 1933) was a member of the
Hungarian noble family of
Festetics The House of Festetics (singular, not plural) or Feštetić in Croatian is the name of a historic family which dates back to 1566 of Hungarian counts and princes of Croatian origin. A prominent family during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are mos ...
.
Early life
He was born in
Vienna
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, the son of
Count György Festetics de Tolna, who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország külügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current foreign minister is Péter Szijjártó.
The position was calle ...
from 1867 to 1871, and Countess Eugénia
Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1826-1894).
Marriage and family
In 1880 Festetics married
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (11 December 1850,
Hamilton Palace
Hamilton Palace was a country house in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it dated from the 14th century and was subsequently much enlarged in the 17th and 19th centuries.[Budapest
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), former wife of
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
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. The couple had four children:
* Countess Mária Matild Georgina Festetics de Tolna (24 May 1881,
Baden-Baden
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– 2 March 1953,
Strobl am Wolfgangsee), who married Prince Karl Emil von
Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to:
Historical states
* Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559)
* Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614)
* Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698)
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. Their grandchildren include
Ira von Fürstenberg,
Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
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In 1 ...
, and
Prince Karl von Schwarzenberg.
* Prince
György Tasziló József Festetics de Tolna (4 September 1882, Baden-Baden – 4 August 1941,
Keszthely
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); who married Countess Marie Franziska von
Haugwitz
The House of Haugwitz (''Graf von Haugwitz'', cs, (Czech branch) Haugvicové) is a Saxonian noble family originating from Meissen region.
History
The Haugvitcs are an ancient Lusatian aristocratic family that was very branched in the Middle A ...
.
* Countess Alexandra Olga Eugénia Festetics de Tolna (1 March 1884, Baden-Baden – 23 April 1963, Vienna); who was married first to Prince Karl von
Windisch-Grätz
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(brother-in-law of
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
hu, Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella
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) and later to Prince Erwin zu
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was a county in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name Hohenlohe derives from the castle of Hohenloch near Uffenheim in Mittelfranken, which came into the possession of the descendants of Conrad of ...
,
* Countess Karola Friderika Mária Festetics de Tolna (17 January 1888, Vienna — 21 January 1951, Strobl); who was married to Baron Oskar Gautsch von Frankenthurn, son of Baron
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
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Biography
Paul Gautsch was born in Döbling (a Vienna suburb incorporated in 1892 ...
,
Minister-President
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of
Cisleithania
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.
Title of Prince
On 21 June 1911 Count Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was made a
Prince
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with the style
Serene Highness
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(''Durchlaucht'') by
Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.
Death
He died at
Festetics Palace
The Festetics Palace is a Baroque palace located in the town of Keszthely, Zala County, Zala, Hungary. The building now houses the Helikon Palace Museum.
The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics family, Festetics in 1745, lasted mo ...
,
Keszthely
Keszthely (; also known by other alternative names) is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economi ...
, the day before his 83rd birthday. His grandson Georg (born 1940) is the current head of the house.
See also
*
Festetics family The House of Festetics (singular, not plural) or Feštetić in Croatian is the name of a historic family which dates back to 1566 of Hungarian counts and princes of Croatian origin. A prominent family during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are mo ...
References
1850 births
1933 deaths
Austrian princes
Nobility from Vienna
Hungarian nobility
Taszilo
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