Tasziló Festetics

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Tasziló Festetics de Tolna
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Born(1850-05-05)5 May 1850
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died4 May 1933(1933-05-04) (aged 82)
Keszthely, Kingdom of Hungary
BuriedFestetics Mausoleum
Noble familyFestetics
Spouse(s)
(m. 1880; died 1922)
Issue
Mária Matild Festetics de Tolna
György Tasziló Festetics de Tolna
Alexandra Olga Festetics de Tolna
Karola Friderika Festetics de Tolna
FatherCount György Festetics de Tolna
MotherCountess Eugénia Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló

Prince Tasziló Festetics de Tolna (5 May 1850 – 4 May 1933) was a member of the Hungarian noble family of Festetics.

Early life[]

He was born in Vienna, the son of Count György Festetics de Tolna, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary from 1867 to 1871, and Countess Eugénia Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1826-1894).

Marriage and family[]

In 1880 Festetics married Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (11 December 1850, Hamilton Palace – 14 May 1922, Budapest), former wife of Albert I, Prince of Monaco. The couple had four children:

Title of Prince[]

On 21 June 1911 Count Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was made a Prince with the style Serene Highness (Durchlaucht) by Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.

Death[]

He died at Festetics Palace, Keszthely, the day before his 83rd birthday. His grandson Georg (born 1940) is the current head of the house.

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