Prince Tasziló Festetics de Tolna (5 May 1850 – 4 May 1933) was a
Hungarian landowner and a member of the
House of Festetics.
Early life and ancestry
He was born in
Vienna, the son of
Count György Festetics de Tolna, who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary from 1867 to 1871, and his wife, Countess Eugénia
Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1826-1894). His paternal grandparents were Count Laszlo Festetics von Tolna (1785–1846) and his wife, Princess Josefine of
Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1856). His maternal grandparents were Count Kajetan
Erdődy (1795-1856) and his wife, Countess Ernestine of
Lerchenfeld-Prennberg (1798-1863).
Marriage and family
In 1880 Festetics married
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
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(11 December 1850,
Hamilton Palace – 14 May 1922,
Budapest), former wife of
Albert I, Prince of Monaco. The couple had four children:
* Countess Mária Matild Georgina Festetics de Tolna (24 May 1881,
Baden-Baden – 2 March 1953,
Strobl am Wolfgangsee
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), who married Prince Karl Emil von
Fürstenberg. Their grandchildren include
Ira von Fürstenberg
Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg (''Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg''; born 18 April 1940), known professionally as Ira von Fürstenberg, is an Italian socialite, actress, jewelry designer and former pu ...
,
Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, and
Prince Karl von Schwarzenberg.
* Prince
György Tasziló József Festetics de Tolna (4 September 1882, Baden-Baden – 4 August 1941,
Keszthely); 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
The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian-Slovenian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieve ...
(brother-in-law of
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria) and later to Prince Erwin zu
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
* 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
Freiherr Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn,
Minister-President of
Cisleithania
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.
Title of Prince
On 21 June 1911 Count Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was made a
Prince with the style of
Serene Highness (''Durchlaucht'') by
Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.
Death
He died at
Festetics Palace,
Keszthely, 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
People from Austria-Hungary
Austrian princes
Nobility from Vienna
Hungarian nobility
Taszilo
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