Count György László Festetics de Tolna (23 April 1815 – 12 February 1883) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Minister besides the King between 1867 and 1871.
Early life and ancestry
He was the offspring from the Hungarian noble
House of Festetics. His father was Count (1785–1846), and his mother was Princess Josefine of
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen () was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the House of Hohenzollern#Swabian branch, Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern dynasty.
History
The County of Hohenzollern- ...
(1790-1856). His paternal grandfather was count György Festetics de Tolna (1755-1819), who founded the prestigious agricultural college
Georgikon, the first of its kind in Europe, that operated in the
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 ...
in
Keszthely
Keszthely (; also known by 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 economic hub ...
.
Private life
On 17 February 1849 he married Countess Eugénia
Erdődy
The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian people, Hungarian-Croats, Croatian noble family with possessions in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croati ...
(b. November 1826; d. August 1894), daughter of Count Kajetan Erdődy (1795-1856) and Countess Ernestine of
Lerchenfeld-Prennberg (1798-1863). They were parents of
Prince Tasziló Festetics von Tolna.
Ancestry
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1815 births
1883 deaths
Counts of Hungary
Ministers of foreign affairs of Hungary
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gyorgy
Politicians from Vienna
Lord-lieutenants of a county in Hungarian Kingdom
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