Lipót Óváry, also known in English as Leopold Óváry (31 December 1833,

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- 4 April 1919,

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) was a Hungarian historian and custodian of the Hungarian state archives. He took part in the Hungarian struggle for liberty in 1848 and in the

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in 1859. After the political troubles had been settled he devoted himself to the study of history, in which he soon achieved distinction. In 1876 he was appointed assistant custodian of the state archives, in 1904 chief custodian; and in 1892 he was elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. A knighthood of the

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was conferred upon him. Óváry's writings had considerable political influence, especially those attacking the anti-Hungarian

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n propaganda in

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. His chief works include: ''Nápolyi Történelmi Kutatások'' (Budapest, 1874); ''III. Pál Pápa s Farnese Sándor Bibornok Magyarországra Vonatkozó Diplomácziai Levelezései'' (ib. 1879); ''Oklevéltár Bethlen Gábor Diplomácziai Összeköttetéseinek Történetéhez'' (ib. 1886); ''Zsigmond Királly és az Olasz Diplomaczia'' (ib. 1889); ''A Magyar Anjouk Eredete'' (ib. 1893); ''La Questione Dacoromana e lo Stato Ungherese'' (Rome, 1894; German ed., Budapest, 1894; French ed., Paris, 1894). Óváry embraced

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ovary, Leopold 1833 births 1919 deaths Hungarian Jews Historians from Austria-Hungary Historians of Hungary Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy)