Etelka Szapáry

Etelka Szapáry
Etelka Szapáry
	Portrait by Miklós Barabás
Born	26 September 1798
Died	10 November 1876 (aged 78); Szőlőske, Austria-Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian

Countess Etelka (Adelhaid) Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (26 September 1798 – 10 November 1876) was a Hungarian noblewoman and a member of the old noble Szapáry family. She was the second daughter of Count Péter Szapáry and Countess Júlia Csáky.

Etelka Szapáry possessed the Letenye castle, which was built by her father. The mansion became the property of the Andrássy family as her dowry. Today, it operates as a community center.

She is buried in the Andrássy Mausoleum in Tőketerebes. Her sarcophagus rests in the crypt.^[1]

Family[]

She married Count Károly Andrássy in Betlér, 1809. They had four children:

Kornélia (1820–1836)
Manó (1821–1891): his wife was Countess Gabriella Pálffy de Erdőd (1833–1914)
Gyula (1823–1890): Prime Minister of Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary, his wife was Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz
Aladár (1827–1903): his wife was Baroness Leontina Wenckheim de Wenckheim (1841–1921).

References[]

^ "Szabad Újság: Híres nevek, fontos családok; September 8, 2007". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

Sources[]

Alexandra Schmal (ed.): Levelek az Andrássy-házból (1864–1869). General Press Kiadó, Budapest, 2007.
Marek, Miroslav. "Szapáry family tree". Genealogy.EU.

[1] "Szabad Újság: Híres nevek, fontos családok; September 8, 2007". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

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