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

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Nikolaus, Count Esterházy Baron, later Count Nikolaus Esterházy de Galántha () ( Galanta, 8 April 1583 Großhöflein, 11 September 1645) was the founder of the West-Hungarian noble House of Esterházy which became one of the grandest and most influential aristocratic ...

. Her son, among others, was

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Life

She was born on 31 October 1604 as the youngest child of Pál Nyáry, the castellan of Várad (''Nagyvárad''; today: ''Oradea, Romania''),

Ispán The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...

(Count; comes) of

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and Közép-Szolnok Counties.

First marriage

Baroness Krisztina married to Count Imre Thurzó, only son of

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György Thurzó György Thurzó (, ; 2 September 1567 – 24 December 1616) was a prominent Hungarian nobleman and Palatine of Hungary between 1609 and 1616, a position equivalent to a prime minister or viceroy, serving under the rule of the Habsburgs in the ...

. Imre was the last male member of the

Thurzó family The House of Thurzó (; ) was a Hungarian noble family from the 15th century to the first half of the 17th century. It was in Kraków that the rise of the Thurzó family began, and the family in turn boosted that city into an important center of b ...

. Their wedding was held in Helmec on 15 November 1618. The marriage was highly luxurious during that time, which was celebrated by Péter Alvinci. They had two daughters: * Erzsébet (20 February 1621 – 4 July 1642), married to Count István Esterházy (1616–1641) on 26 July 1638, the eldest son of Krisztina's second husband, Count Nikolaus and Baroness Orsolya Dersffy *Krisztina (25 April 1622 – 22 March 1632), died young

Second marriage

Count Imre died suddenly in 1621, and as a result, the House of Thurzó became extinct in the male line. Krisztina converted to

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from

Lutheranism Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

. The widow, promising a rich heritage, married Count Nikolaus (Miklós) Esterházy (1583–1645) in Szucsány (today: ''Sučany, Slovakia'') on 21 July 1624. The wedding ceremony was celebrated by

Péter Pázmány Péter Pázmány de Panasz, S.J. (, ; ; ; ; 4 October 1570 – 19 March 1637), was a Hungarian Jesuit who was a noted philosopher, theologian, cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation ...

, the

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. The marriage produced the following children: *Magdolna (19 September 1625 – 7 May 1627), died young *

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(31 December 1626 – 26 August 1652), Count Esterházy of Galántha (1645–1652), killed in the

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*Katalin (18 August 1628 – 13 March 1630), died young * Anna Juliana (28 February 1630 – 22 January 1669), married to

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Franz III. Nádasdy Ferenc III. Nádasdy (Hungarian - ''Nádasdy III. Ferenc''; 14 January 1622 – 30 April 1671) was a chief judge and general in Hungary. He was one of the leaders of the Magnate conspiracy against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Empero ...

, who participated in the

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*Mihály (19 February 1632 – 26 August 1633), died young *Mária Krisztina (17 January 1634 – 5 April 1634), died as an infant *

Pál Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul (given name), Paul. It may refer to: * Pál Almásy (1818–1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician * Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer * Pal Benko, Pál Benkő (1928– ...

(7 September 1635 – 26 March 1713),

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(since 1681), the first Prince Esterházy of Galántha (since 1687) *Mária (2 February 1638 – 2 April 1684), married to Count György Drugeth de Homonna (1633–1661) *Ferenc (17 February 1641 – 16 October 1683), castellan of

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, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain, participated in the Magnate conspiracy, his second wife was Countess Katalin Thököly, sister of

Imre Thököly Imre () is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery and He ...

The family's court chaplain was the

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Mátyás (Matthias) Hajnal, who recommended his devotional book of Jesus' Heart, published in

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, 1629, to Krisztina Nyáry. That work is a precious memorial of the beginning of the Hungarian

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.József Szinnyei: ''Magyar írók élete és munkái IV. (Gyalai–Hyrtl)''. Budapest, Hornyánszky, 1896.
/ref> Krisztina's diary is also a work of literary value. Baroness Krisztina died on 17 February 1641, survived by her husband who did not remarry.

References

Sources

Arnold Ipolyi Arnold Ipolyi (family name originally Stummer) (20 October 1823 – 2 December 1886) was a Hungarian Catholic bishop and historian. Life Ipolyi was born in Ipolykeszi, Hungary (currently ''Kosihy nad Ipľomin'', Slovakia). At the age of 13 h ...

''Bedegi Nyáry Krisztina 1604-1641'', Budapest, Méhner Vilmos kiadása, 1887
* Zsigmond Nyáry: ''Nyáry de Bedegh et Berencs'', Budapest, 1996. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyary, Krisztina 1604 births 1641 deaths Hungarian nobility Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism People from Kisvárda Deaths in childbirth