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 (1823–1890):

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary, married to Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz * Count Aladár (1827–1903): married Baroness Leontina Wenckheim de Wenckheim (1841–1921).

References

Sources

* Alexandra Schmal (ed.): ''Levelek az Andrássy-házból (1864–1869)''. General Press Kiadó, Budapest, 2007. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szapary, Etelka 1798 births 1876 deaths Hungarian nobility etelka People from the Austrian Empire