Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely

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Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely
Јулија Хуњади де Кетељ
Princess consort of Serbia
Tenure26 September 1860 – 10 June 1868
Born(1831-08-26)26 August 1831
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died19 February 1919(1919-02-19) (aged 87)
Vienna, German Austria
Burial
Spouse
  • (m. 1853; died 1868)
  • Duke Charles of Arenberg
    (m. 1876; died 1896)
House
FatherCount Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely
MotherCountess Júlia Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő
Julia's second husband, Prince Charles of Arenberg, as a child, with his brother Jospeh

Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely (

Mihailo Obrenović III. She remained a widow for seven and a half years after his assassination in 1868, until January 1876 when she married her lover, Duke Karl of Arenberg, Prince of Recklinghausen
(1831-1896).

Life

Júlia was born in Vienna into an old, noble Hungarian family, the only daughter of Count Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely (1804–1882) and his wife, Countess Júlia Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1808–1873). She had three brothers, László (1826-1898), Kálmán and Vilmos (b. 1830). On 1 August 1853, less than a month before her 22nd birthday, she married her first husband Mihailo Obrenović, the deposed ruler of Serbia.

Princess of Serbia

On 26 September 1860, after the death of his father

Empress of the French.[4]

Later life

Obrenović
(Bernard, 1855)

On 10 June 1868, Mihailo was taking a stroll through the park of

Karađorđević, the rival dynasty of the Obrenović. Mihailo was succeeded by Milan IV
, his cousin and the son of Princess Anka's brother, Miloš. Milan would in 1882 reign as King Milan I of Serbia.

The same year Mihailo was assassinated, Katarina married General

Esterhazy (1776-1864).[5][6] Upon her second marriage, Julia officially became Duchess of Arenberg and Princess of Recklinghausen
.

Death

She died, childless and alone, in her birthplace of Vienna on 19 February 1919 and was buried on 22 February 1919 in Vienna Central Cemetery. Her ashes rest in the urn compartment located at the second entrance with the signature KNLH 13. Julia was 87 years old, having outlived both her husbands and all her brothers and their spouses.[7]

See also

  • List of Serbian consorts

References

Further reading

Royal titles
Preceded by
Princess consort of Serbia

26 September 1860 – 10 June 1868
Succeeded by