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Szapáry Gyula
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 nobleman ''György Szapáry de Szapár'' (1527-1592). In 1690 they were awarded with the title of Baron by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/szapary1.html#J Members of this family were upgraded to the title of Imperial Count (Hungarian: ''grof''), granted to them on 28 December 1722 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and many of them played a prominent military, political, diplomatic and philanthropic role in the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Notable family members *Etelka Szapáry (1798–1876), Hungarian noblewoman *László Szapáry (1831–1883), Austro-Hungarian general who played a leading role in the occupation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COA Szapary
COA or CoA may refer to: Organizations * Andorran Olympic Committee (Catalan: ''Comitè Olímpic Andorrà'') * Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: ''Comité Olímpico Argentino'') * Aruban Olympic Committee (Papiamento: ''Comité Olímpico Arubano'') * Canadian Osteopathic Association, a professional association of osteopathic physicians in Canada * Chicago Options Associates, an American company that specializes in trading options and futures contracts * Clowns of America International, an American organization that represents clowns * Committee of Administrators (CoA), oversaw the reform in 2017 of the Board of Control for Cricket in India * Council of Agriculture, agriculture-related institution in Taiwan * Council of Architecture, an Indian governmental organization that registers architects in the country * Community Oncology Alliance, an American non-profit that advocates for independent, community oncology providers and patients. * Continental Airlines, by ICAO airlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 life Born into the prominent Hungarian House of Szapáry, he was the fourth son of Count Ferenc Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár (1804-1875) and his wife, Countess Rozália Almásy de Zsadány et Török-Szent-Miklós (1806-1887). Biography He entered in service during the 1848 revolutions when he fought in Italy. Later he also participated in the Second Italian War of Independence, particularly in the Battle of Solferino. Szapáry played a leading role in the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters, Muslims and orthodox Serbs, supported unofficially b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Karl Of Hesse
Prince Karl Adolf Andreas Prinz von Hesse (; 26 March 1937 – 23 March 2022) was a member of the German electoral House of Hesse-Kassel. He was a first cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom through his uncle Prince Philip. Early life and ancestry Born on 26 March 1937 in Berlin, into an elder line of the House of Hesse, a house directly descended from the House of Brabant, Karl Adolf Andreas was the eldest son of Prince Christoph of Hesse and his wife, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, youngest sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, his parents had close ties with the Nazi regime and the child was given Adolf among his first names in honor of Adolf Hitler. Biography The outbreak of the Second World War deprived Karl of his father, who enlisted in the German army in the first months of the conflict and who disappeared in an air accident in 1943. In 1946, his mother was married again to Prince George William of Hanover, maternal g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Szapáry
György Szapáry (born 1 August 1938) is a Hungarian–Belgian economist, who served as the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 2011 and 2015. He was also a former Deputy Governor of the Hungarian National Bank. Early life He was born as Count György Béla Mária József István Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget () into a prominent aristocrat Szapáry family in Tiszabura. His parents were Count Gyula Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (1901-1985) and Countess Adél Maria Amalia Hadik de Futak (1909-1972). One of his great-grandfathers was Count Gyula Szapáry, the Prime Minister of Hungary between 1890 and 1892. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 he emigrated to Austria then Belgium. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in economics from the Catholic University of Leuven. His academic opponent was Sándor Lámfalussy. Career Between 1965 and 1966, he worked for the European Economic Community (EEC). Between December 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margit Szapáry
Countess Margit Szapáry (née Countess Margarete Henckel von Donnersmarck; 21 February 1871 – 17 May 1943) was a German salonnière, philanthropist, and member of the German Catholic Women's Association. She owned Finstergrün Castle in Austria. Early life and ancestry Szapáry was born Countess Margarete Luise Laura Wanda Regina Henckel von Donnersmarck in Dresden on 21 February 1871. A member of the House of Henckel von Donnersmarck, she was the daughter of Count Hugo ll Henckel von Donnersmarck (1832-1908) and Countess Wanda von Gaschin zu Rosenberg (1837-1908). She was the granddaughter of an entrepreneur, landowner and industrialist Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck. Biography She married the Hungarian aristocrat Count Sándor Szapáry (1858-1904) on 18 July 1900. They had two children, Count Béla Szapáry (1901-1993) (father-in-law of Prince Karl of Hesse) and Countess Jolánta Szapáry (1902-1987). After her husband's death in 1904, she took over the renovati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Michael Of Kent
Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, 15 January 1945) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of George V, King George V. Princess Michael of Kent was an interior designer before becoming an author; she has written several books on European royalty. Early life and ancestry Princess Michael was born ''Freiherr, Freiin'' (Baroness) Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, on 15 January 1945, in Karlovy Vary in Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, then officially ''Karlsbad'' in the German-populated Sudetenland, now in the Czech Republic. She was born at the estate (land), family estates of her Austrians, Austrian maternal grandmother, Princess Hedwig von Windisch-Graetz (1878–1918). By birth she is a member of the , ''uradel'' Silesian nobility who can trace their noble ancestry from 1288. The ancestral seat of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July Crisis
The July Crisis was a series of interrelated diplomatic and military escalations among the Great power, major powers of Europe in mid-1914, Causes of World War I, which led to the outbreak of World War I. It began on 28 June 1914 when the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. A complex web of alliances, coupled with the miscalculations of numerous political and military leaders (who either regarded war as in their best interests, or felt that a general war would not occur), resulted in an outbreak of hostilities amongst most of the major European states by early August 1914. Following the murder, Austria-Hungary sought to inflict a military blow on Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, to demonstrate its own strength and to dampen Serbian support for Yugoslavism, Yugoslav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and who played a key role during the July Crisis of 1914. Life Born in Budapest on 15 November 1869 into a prominent Hungarian Szapáry, House of Szapáry, as the second son of László Szapáry, Count László Szapáry (1831–1883), an Austro-Hungarian general who had played a leading role in the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, and his wife, Countess Marianne von :File:COA_Grunne_AT_Tyroff.png, Grünne (1835-1906), great-granddaughter of Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff, Prince Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg. He was also a cousin of Gyula Szapáry, Count Gyula Szapáry, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892. On 27 April 1908, he married Princess Hedwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to 1892. Biography Born into a prominent Hungarian noble family and large estate owners. His parents were Count József Szapáry, a royal counselor and Baroness Anna Orczy de Orczi. He was a cousin of Count Frigyes Szapáry, who served as ambassador at St. Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I. Szapáry married Countess Karolina Festetics de Tolna (1838–1919). They had seven children (including Lőrinc Szapáry). His great-grandchild is György Szapáry economist, former deputy governor of the Hungarian National Bank and ambassador to the United States from January 2011 to January 2015. Political career He studied law, entered the government service and became Viscount (''vicecomes'') of Heves County. He spent nine legislative s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 second daughter of Count Péter Szápáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár (1766-1827) and his wife, Countess Júlia Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (1770-1827). Biography Etelka Szapáry possessed the Letenye castle, which was built by her father. The mansion became the property of the Andrássy family as her dowry. Today, it operates as a community center. She is buried in the Andrássy Mausoleum in Tőketerebes. Her sarcophagus rests in the crypt. Family She married Count Károly Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai in Betlér, 1809. They had four children: * Countess Kornélia (1820–1836) * Count Manó (1821–1891): married to Countess Gabriella Pálffy de Erdőd (1833–1914) * Count Gyula (1823–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Nobility
The Kingdom of Hungary held a Nobility, noble class of individuals, most of whom owned landed property, from the 11th century until the mid-20th century. Initially, a diverse body of people were described as noblemen, but from the late 12th century only high-ranking royal officials were regarded as noble. Most aristocrats claimed ancestry from chieftains of the period Principality of Hungary, preceding the establishment of the kingdom around 1000; others were descended from western European knights who settled in Hungary. The lower-ranking castle warriors also held landed property and served in the royal army. From the 1170s, most privileged laymen called themselves Royal servant (Kingdom of Hungary), royal servants to emphasize their direct connection to the monarchs. The Golden Bull of 1222 established their liberties, especially tax exemption and the limitation of military obligations. From the 1220s, royal servants were associated with the nobility and the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
