Count Manó Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (30 July 1858 – 29 December 1926) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Minister besides the King between 1898 and 1900. During his career he was an ambassador to the
German Empire
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,
Kingdom of Greece
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and the
Italian Kingdom. He was a member of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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. He had a big role in the peace conferencies about the
Greco-Turkish War, for which one he got an
Order of Leopold. He also worked in
Russia
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,
Saint Petersburg
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.
Széchényi's wife was Countess Maria Theresia Revertera von Salandra from 1907. They had no children. However Mano fathered a child, Vera, with Isabella Waldberg with whom he had a long-term relationship.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1858 births
1926 deaths
People from Sopron
Hungarian diplomats
Ministers of foreign affairs of Hungary
Mano, Szechenyi
People from Austria-Hungary
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