Count Kálmán Hunyady de Kéthely (13 October 1828 – 17 May 1901
Retrieved May 20, 2013.) was a
Hungarian aristocrat, horse rider and by birth member of the prominent
Hunyady de Kéthely family.
Early life
Kálmán was born as the second son Count Ferenc
Hunyady de Kéthely Hunyadi may refer to:
* Hunyadi family, a Hungarian noble family from the Middle Ages
* Hunyadi Castle, a medieval castle of the Hunyadi family in Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary, (today Hunedoara, Romania)
* John Hunyadi (c. 1406–1456), H ...
(1804–1882) and his wife, Countess Júlia
Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1808–1873). His other siblings were his brother Count László Hunyady de Kéthely (1826-1898) and a sister,
Princess Julia of Serbia.
Biography
He was the first president of the Viennese Harness Racing Club (''Wiener Trabrenn-Verein'') that was founded in 1874. Four years later the club opened a racing track in
Leopoldstadt
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Vienna
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Krieau racecourse is the second oldest race track in
Europe
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Hunyady died in 1901 and a
horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...
was soon established for his honour. The annual
Graf Kalman Hunyady Memorial at Krieau is one of the oldest international races in
European harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia ...
.
Kálmán Hunyady's sister was
Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely. She was the
Princess consort of Serbia as the wife of
Mihailo Obrenović III
Mihailo ( sr-cyr, Михаило) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is a variant of the Hebrew name ''Michael'', and its cognates include Mihajlo and Mijailo. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname.
Notable peopl ...
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Personal life
On 6 October 1862 he married Countess Alexandrine von Buol-Schauenstein (1837-1901). They had one son and one daughter:
* Count Károly Ferenc Mátyás Hunyady de Kéthely (1864-1933), married to Countess Maria Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (1873-1925); had issue
* Countess Julia Hunyady de Kéthely (1867-1943), married to Count Hugo Alexander Klemens Wenzeslaus von Boos zu Waldeck und Montfort (1869-1945); had issue
References
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1828 births
1901 deaths
Nobility from Vienna
Kalman
People in harness racing
People from Austria-Hungary
