Károlyi Castle refers to a number of castles and hunting lodges in Hungary and Romania which were owned by members of the

Károlyi family The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. They claim descent from the late 9th century Mag ...

History

The Károlyi family is one of the ancient Hungarian noble families. Descendants of the Kaplon family (descendants of the Kaplon, second son of the

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), which gained its estates during the

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, including Kaplony (), where the family's ancient monastery stood, and the nearby

Nagykároly Carei (; , ; /, , ) is a city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. The city administers one village, Ianculești (). Geography The municipality of Carei is situated in the north-west of Romania, away from Ora ...

(), from which the Károlyi family took its name.

Castles and hunting lodges

Hungary

* Károlyi Castle (Beregsurány) *

Károlyi Castle (Fehérvárcsurgó) Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century castle located in Fehérvárcsurgó, Mór District, Fejér County, Hungary. The castle was built in Classicism, classicist and Eclecticism, eclectic style by György Károlyi, a descendant of the Károlyi family, ...

* Károlyi Castle (Feldebrő) *

Károlyi Castle (Fót) Károlyi Castle is a former castle located in the city of Fót, Dunakeszi District, Pest County, Hungary with a large park and numerous outbuildings. History The castle was originally built in the 18th century as a single-story, castle-like ...

Károlyi Castle (Füzérradvány) Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century castle located in Füzérradvány, Sátoraljaújhely District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. The castle was built by Péter Réthey at the end of the 16th century. The castle and estate were given to L� ...

* Károlyi Castle (Derekegyház) *

Károlyi Castle (Nagymágocs) Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century Eclecticism in architecture, eclectic and Baroque Revival architecture, neo-baroque castle located in Nagymágocs, Szentes District, Csongrád County, Hungary. The castle was built by Imre Károlyi, a member of t ...

* Károlyi Castle (Parádfürdő) *

Károlyi Castle (Parádsasvár) Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century castle located in Fehérvárcsurgó, Pétervására District, Heves County, Hungary. The castle was built in classicist and eclectic style by Count Gyula Károlyi, a descendant of the Károlyi family, and was des ...

Károlyi Castle (Szegvár) Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century castle located in Szegvár, Szentes District, Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary. History The County Hall was built on the site of the Dóczy Castle. The fortified Dóczy Castle, where the Hungarian King John Z� ...

* Károlyi Castle (Tiborszállás) * Károlyi–Berchtold Castle *

Károlyi Hunting Lodge (Kőkapu) The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. They claim descent from the late 9th century Mag ...

* Károlyi Hunting Lodge (Telkibánya)

Romania

Károlyi Castle (Carei) Károlyi Castle is a Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival castle located in Carei, Satu Mare County, Romania. Originally built as a fortress around the 15th century, it was converted to a castle in 1794, undergoing further transformations ...

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Castles A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This i ...