The House of Nyiri or Nyáry of Bedegh and Berencs (Hungarian: bedeghi és berencsi Nyáry család) is a
Hungarian aristocratic family.
Origin
The first known ancestor of the family is
János Nyáry in 1329 as a royal fiduciary representative. The family is in continuous line from the 15th century. The first prominent member is Gál, officer and member of the court of
King Matthias,
főispán of
Somogy. He was rewarded for his bravery with the title of baron in 1535. Another branch was also raised to the rank of baron in 1573 then to that of count in 1632.
Notable Members
*
Ferenc Nyáry (1500-1551),
hussar officer, he was rewarded for his bravery - against the Turks - by the title of baron in 1535 and by numerous estates and castles, including
Berencs and
Korlátkő. He was
főispán de Hont, grand squire and grand captain of the kingdom.
*
Lőrinc Nyáry (1515-1559),
főispán of
Hont, guardian of the crown (koronaőr).
* Count
Pál Nyáry (1550-1607), general, court master of
Prince Stephen II Bocskai.
* Count
István Nyáry (1585-1643), Master of the Gates of the Realm, Grand Captain of Upper Hungary.
* Baroness
Krisztina Nyáry
Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh (31 October 1604 – 17 February 1641) was the daughter of Baron Pál Nyáry and Katalin Várday de Kisvárda. She was the second wife of Palatine Nikolaus, Count Esterházy. Her son, among others, was Paul I, P ...
(1604-1641), wife of
Palatine of Hungary
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Miklós Esterházy and mother of
Prince Paul I Esterházy.
* Count
Rudolf Nyáry (1828-1900), Canon of Esztergom, writer and theologian.
* Count
Ernő Nyáry (1906-1987),
Carmelite
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friar,
Archbishop of Baghdad.
* Count
János Nyáry, founding president (1994) of the Hungarian Association of Historical Families (MTCSE, equivalent of ANF).
References
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