Baron Zsigmond Perényi de Perény (November 18, 1783 – October 24, 1849) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1849. After defeat of the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 he was executed because his name appeared in the
Hungarian Declaration of Independence which was declared by the
Diet of Hungary in
Debrecen on April 14, 1849.
His grandson was
Zsigmond Perényi, Speaker of the House of Magnates and
Minister of the Interior
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References
* Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: ''A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848-2002''. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 187–190
* Fónagy, Zoltán: ''Perényi Zsigmond'' (Rubicon 1999/4)
* Fónagy, Zoltán: ''Perényi Zsigmond báró''. In: Vértanúk könyve. A magyar forradalom és szabadságharc mártírjai 1848–1854. Rubicon könyvek. Bp. 2007. 265–268. oldal
* Doby, Antal: ''Báró Perényi Zsigmond, a magyar nemzet dicső vértanújának élete''. Nagyszőllős, 1899.
1783 births
1849 deaths
People from Berehove
Hungarian nobility
Speakers of the House of Magnates
Executed politicians
People of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Executed Hungarian people
People executed by the Austrian Empire
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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19th-century executions by Austria
People from the Austrian Empire
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