Miklós Horthy Jr.
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Vitéz Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya | |
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Born | Miklós László János Benedek Horthy de Nagybánya 14 February 1907 Pola, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 28 March 1993 Estoril, Portugal | (aged 86)
Children | 2 |
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya II (14 February 1907 – 28 March 1993) was the younger son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and, until the end of World War II, a politician.
Biography
In his youth, Miklós Horthy Jr. and his older brother, István, were active members of a Roman Catholic Scout troop of the Hungarian Scout Association (Magyar Cserkészszövetség), although they were both Protestant.[1]
For a time, Miklós Jr. was the Hungarian ambassador to Brazil.
After the death of István in 1942, Miklós Jr. became more powerful in his father's government and supported his efforts to end the involvement of the
While his father was placed under
Father and son went into exile in Portugal, where Miklós Horthy Jr. lived almost fifty years before dying at Estoril, near Lisbon, in 1993. He had two daughters with his first wife Countess Mária Consueló Károlyi (1905–1976), Zsófia Horthy (1928–2004, Mrs Henry Freytag, then Mrs Charles Filliettaz) and Nicolette Horthy (1929–1990, Baroness Georg Bachofen von Echt). He was also a founding partner of Hovione, a Portuguese pharmaceutical company.[3]
References
- ^ John S. Wilson: Scouting Round the World, first edition, London, Blandford Press, 1959, 81.
- ^ Peter Koblank: Die Befreiung der Sonder- und Sippenhäftlinge in Südtirol, Online-Edition Mythos Elser 2006 (in German)
- ^ Hovione website: [1](in English)