Eleonóra Zichy

Eleonóra Zichy
In 1890
Born28 March 1867
Budapest, Austrian Empire
Died31 October 1945(1945-10-31) (aged 78)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Spouse(s)Tivadar Andrássy (1885–1905)
Gyula Andrássy Jr. (1909–1929)
Children4 (including Katinka Andrássy)
The native form of this personal name is zicsi és vázsonykői Zichy Eleonóra grófnő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Portrait of Eleonóra Zichy (1905), by Giovanni Boldini

Countess Eleonóra Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (28 March 1867 – 31 October 1945)[1] was a Hungarian noblewoman and a landowner.

Early life and ancestry

She was born in Budapest, into an old House of Zichy, as the second daughter Count Rezső Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö (1833-1893) and his wife, Countess Jacqueline Péchy Péchy de Péch-Ujfalu (1846-1915).[2] Her maternal grandfather was Count Emanuel Manó Péchy de Péch-Ujfalu (1817-1889), Governor of Transylvania.

First marraige and issue

She married Tivadar Andrássy, son of Gyula Andrássy on 24 June 1885; they had four children:

  • Ilona (1886–1967); wife of Count József Cziráky de Czirák et Dénesfalva; emigrated to Canada in 1961
  • Borbála (1890–1968), wife of Markgraf György Pallavicini
  • Katinka (1892–1985), Red Countess, wife of Count Mihály Károlyi
  • Klára (1898–1941), Communist partisan

Second marriage

In 1909, four years after her husband's death, Eleonóra Zichy married to her former brother in law, Count Gyula Andrássy the Younger, brother of Tivadar.

References

  1. ^ Death register entry, Budapest, 12th district, 4031/1945.
  2. ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00016312&tree=LEO
  • Iván Nagy: Magyarország családai czimerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal. I-XIII. Bp., 1857–1868
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Andrássy family tree". Genealogy EU.