Batthyány
The House of Batthyány (Hungarian:
History
The Batthyány family can trace its roots to the founding of Hungary in 896 CE by Árpád. The family derives from a chieftain called Örs.[1][2][3] Árpád had seven chieftains, one by the name of Örs, which later became Kővágó-Örs. In 1398 Miklós Kővágó-Örs married Katalin Battyány. King Zsigmond (Sigismund) gave Miklós the region around the town of Battyán (now called Szabadbattyán) and he took the name Batthyány (lit. "from Battyán"). The family were first mentioned in documents in 1398 and have had their ancestral seat in Güssing in the Austrian region of Burgenland since 1522.
In 1570,
Modern era
Currently, the family has about 60 name bearers who live mainly in Austria, but also in Hungary, Germany, United States and South America. The current head of the family is Prince Laszlo Edmund Christof Maximilian Eugen Anton von Batthyány-Strattmann, son of Prince Laszlo Pascal von Batthyány-Strattmann (1938-2015) and his wife Veronika Hauschka von Treuenfels (b. 1942). Prince Laszlo lives with his wife and children in Austria. The family meets once a year for a so-called Familientag (family gathering) at their ancestral seat Güssing Castle. [citation needed]
Family members
- Boldizsár Batthyány (1543–1590), baron, well-educated humanist, became Protestant in 1570, protector of the botanist Carolus Clusius
- Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659), count, Founder of the Franciscan monastery in Güssing
- Adam II. Batthyány (1662–1703), Ban of Croatia
- Lajos Batthyány (1696–1765), Hungarian Court Chancellor and Palatine of Hungary.
- Croatia
- József Batthyány (1727–1799), bishop
- Batthyaneum Library, Alba Iulia, now Romania
- Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854), politician, minister in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Franciska Batthyány (1802–1861), born Széchenyi
- Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), executed, first Hungarian Prime Minister
- Count József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812), his father
- Gusztáv, 5th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann(1803–1883), English sportsman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
- Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann(1826–1914)
- Ludovika Olga Karoline Philippine Antonia Batthyany (1869–1939)
- Count Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931)
- László, 7th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), ophthalmologist, beatified in 2003
- Ervin Batthyány (1877–1945), anarchist and school reformer
- SS. Her involvement in the infamous Rechnitz massacre[4]is still controversial.
- Sacha Battyhány Swiss journalist and writer, author of the book "A Crime in the Family" about the participation of Comtesse Margit Battyhány and other members of the family in the Rechnitz massacre[5]
See also
References
- ^ August Ernst, Geschichte des Burgenlandes, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1991, p.140 [1]
- ^ András Koltai, Adam Batthyány und seine Bibliothek, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, 2002, p.292 [2]
- ^ Miklós Füzes, Batthyány Kázmér, Gondolat, 1990, p. 5
- ^ "Stefan Klemp: Good comrades (29/10/2007) - signandsight".
- ^ "My Aunt Had a Dinner Party, and then She Took Her Guests to Kill 180 Jews". Haaretz.
External links
- Family website
- Archival material (ca. 212 running meters): The Batthyány Family Archive at the National Archives of Hungary [P (4545)]
- Archival material (about 200 records): Batthyány Family Collection at the National Library of Israel (ARC. 4* 2031)
- Shaul Greenstein, T he Hungarian Noble Family That Took in the Exiled Jews, The Librarians, Blog of the National Library of Israel, December 18, 2018
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