Countess Katalin Károlyi (née Countess Katalin Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai; 21 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count

Mihály Károlyi Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (; ; or in short simple form: Michael Károlyi; 4 March 1875 – 19 March 1955) was a Hungarian politician who served as a leader of the short-lived and unrecognized First Hungarian Re ...

, who served as

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then

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of the

First Hungarian Republic The First Hungarian Republic (), until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (), was a short-lived unrecognized country, which quickly transformed into a small rump state due to the foreign and military policy of the doctrinaire pacifis ...

after the

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. They lived abroad since 1919. She was called by political opponents as Red Countess after her husband.

Family

Her father was Count

Tivadar Andrássy Count Tivadar Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (10 July 1857 – 13 May 1905) was a Hungarian politician, Member of Parliament, painter, and art collector. He served as a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the National M ...

, a politician and painter, eldest son of

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Gyula Andrássy Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (, 8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and subsequently as List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungar ...

. She was named after her grandmother, Countess

Katinka Kendeffy Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz Andrássy (1830 – 16 May 1896) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Gyula Andrássy, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary ...

. She had three sisters: Ilona, Borbála and Klára (or ''Kája''). She married Count

(1875–1955) on 7 November 1914 in

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. According to Hungarian tradition, she wore the name of her husband. They had three children: Éva, Ádám and Judit.

Films

*''

The Red Countess ''The Red Countess'' () is a 1985 Hungarian drama film directed by András Kovács. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Juli Básti as Katus, gróf Károlyi Mihályné, Andrássy Katinka * Ferenc Bács as ...

'', a 1985 Hungarian

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directed by András Kovács.

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* * Iván Nagy: ''Magyarország családai czimerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal. I-XIII.'' Bp., 1857–1868 *
20 éve hunyt el Andrássy Katinka, a vörös grófnő (2005)
* A magyar irodalom története 1945–1975 / Károlyi Mihályné (1898–1986)
Grófnő a hídon. Károlyi Mihályné és a baloldaliság
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrassy, Katinka 1892 births 1985 deaths Noblewomen of the Kingdom of Hungary Hungarian nobility First ladies of Hungary Hungarian emigrants to Austria Hungarian emigrants to France Katinka Katinka

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