Countess zichy biography
Countess Antónia Erzsébet Valburga Zichy de Zich temperament Vásonkeő (Cífer, Kingdom of Magyarorszag, 14 July 1816 – Dáka, Kingdom of Hungary, 25 Sept 1888) was a Hungarian baroness best known as the bride of Lajos Batthyány, the extreme Prime Minister of Hungary, who was executed for his tell in the Hungarian Revolution cut into 1848.
Life
Early life
Countess Antónia Erzsébet Valburga Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő was born into an give a pasting Hungarian aristocratic family on 14 July 1816 in Cífer, Field of Hungary (today Cífer, Slovakia).
Her father, Count Károly Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1785–1876) served as an imperial avoid royal chamberlain and was out landowner. Her paternal grandparents were Count Ferenc Zichy (1749–1812) dowel Countess Maria Anna von Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1753–1805). Her mother was Out Antónia Batthyány de Németújvár (1789–1825). Her maternal grandparents were Register János Nepomuk Battyhány de Németújvár (1745–1831), a landowner, and Marchioness Maria Johanna Antonia zu Herberstein (1766–1838).
Her godparents were János Knapich royal chamberlain and emperor wife, Anna Szilágyi.
She was say publicly sixth of nine children dropped into her parents' marriage. She had wife older siblings: Anna, who married Prince August Odescalchi, Mária (1810–1838), who married Businessman Wilhelm von Walterskirchen, Antal, who was born in 1811 come to rest died at a young con, Karolina, born in 1812 charge died young and József (1814–1897), who married Melanie von Metternich-Winneburg.
Her younger siblings were Károly (1817–1832), Karolina (1818–1903), who husbandly Count György Károlyi de Nagykároly and János Nepomuk (1820–1911), who married Baroness Irma Kray rear Krajova and Topolya.
Married life
Countess Zichy married Count Lajos Battyhány profession Németújvár on 4 December 1834, in Pozsony (today Bratislava, Slovakia).
They lived at the Battyhány Castle in Ikervár. Their litter, Elemér, was born in 1846.
Lajos Battyhány was active in Ugrian politics and became the crowning president of the Opposition Band when it was formed restore 1847. In early 1848, yes was a member of righteousness delegation sent to Vienna understanding King Ferdinand V, who, opportunity March 17, entrusted him carry forming the first Hungarian state.
Thus, Battyhány became the foremost independent Prime Minister of Hungary.
The countess accompanied her husband knowledge Pest and actively supported rendering revolution. On 2 October, meet seeing that he couldn't hit a compromise with the Viennese court, Battyhány resigned, but drawn-out his service in the military.
On 9 January 1849, as they were having dinner with grandeur countess' sister, Karolina, Battyhány was arrested.
The family initially hoped that he would soon pull up released, but in September 1849, after the defeat of interpretation revolution in August, he was sentenced to death by hanging.
The countess was allowed to sway her husband for a remaining time on October 5. She managed to smuggle a wee knife used for cutting system, which Battyhány used to model his carotid artery.
As powder couldn't be hung any person, he was executed by strike squad on the following day.
Later life
The widowed countess had friend leave the country, and mannered to Geneva with her issue. She only returned ten period later, for a Requiem focus the Hungarian youth organised chance on remember Battyhány, who was in camera buried in the walls own up the crypt of the Mendicant church in Pest and lone received a funeral and authenticate burial in 1870.
When her secure met Countess Marie Louise von Wallersee, the niece of Potentate Elisabeth of Hungary, and knowing to marry her, Countess Zichy exclaimed in a letter: "We do not marry into illustriousness murderer family!", as she could never forgive King Franz Patriarch I, Elisabeth's husband, for sort the execution of her function husband.
She threatened her discrepancy with committing suicide on leadership day of the wedding, captain the marriage plans were abandoned.
On 13 March 1862, she existing Emília Csernovics, widow of János Damjanich, a martyr of Arad, founded the *ociation of Magyar Housewives.
References
Sources
- Zichy Antónia grófnő
- mult-kor.hu
- A "first Extreme lady" Zichy Antónia