Ferenc József, Prince Koháry of Csábrág and Szitnya

Ferenc József, Prince Koháry
Portrait by Ignaz Unterberger
Born	(1767-09-04)4 September 1767 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	27 June 1826(1826-06-27) (aged 58) Oroszvár, Kingdom of Hungary
Buried	Hronský Beňadik
Noble family	Koháry
Spouse(s)	Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein
Father	Ignác József, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya
Mother	Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani

Ferenc József, 1st Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (4 September 1767, in Vienna – 27 June 1826, in Oroszvár), was a Hungarian magnate and statesman.[1] He was a member of the noble House of Koháry and served as Hungarian Chancellor.[2] On 15 November 1815, Emperor Francis I of Austria awarded him the title of Fürst von Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya.[3]

Early life

He was the son of Ignác József Anton Franz Xaver, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (Szent-Antal, 2 December 1726 – Vienna, 10 October 1777) and his wife, Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani (Vienna, 25 April 1736 – Pest, 29 July 1803), who were married at Seiffersdorf on 15 January 1758.[1]

Marriage and issue

On 13 February 1792, he married Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein in Vienna.[1] They had two children, a son Ferenc (21 December 1792 – 19 April 1795) and a daughter Maria Antonia (Vienna, 2 July 1797 – Vienna, 25 September 1862).

The latter ultimately became the heiress of his whole fortune of 20 million francs.[4] On 30 November 1815 in Vienna, she married Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Coburg, 28 March 1785 – Vienna, 27 August 1851), by whom she had issue, the so-called Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ferenc József, Prince Koháry of Csábrág and Szitnya

16. István I, Baron Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 8. Farkas, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 17. Judit Balassa 4. András József, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 18. Baron Bero von Rechberg-Osterburg 9. Baroness Maria Ludovika von Rechberg-Osterburg 19. Countess Franziska Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn 2. Ignác József, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 20. Jacob Thavonat von Thavon 10. Baron Albert Ludwig Thavonat von Thavon 21. Anna Regina von Berchtold 5. Baroness Margarethe Thavonat von Thavon 22. Emerich Jakusith de Orbova 11. Polixena Josefa Jakusith de Orbova 23. Countess Polyxena Serényi de Kisserény 1. Franz Josef, Prince Koháry de Csabrag et Szitnya 24. Count Franz Karl Cavriani 12. Count Leopold Karl Cavriani 25. Countess Zaezilia Renata von Waldstein 6. Count Maximilian Guidobaldo Cavriani 26. Baron Georg Julius von Gilleis 13. Baroness Maria Susanna von Gilleis 27. Countess Christina Sabina von Starhemberg 3. Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani 28. Count Christoph Leopold von Thürheim 14. Count Christoph Wilhelm von Thürheim 29. Anna Judith von Salburg 7. Countess Maria Franziska von Thürheim 30. Count Lobgott von Kuefstein 15. Countess Maria Franziska von Kuefstein 31. Countess Maria Anna von Starhemberg

Sources

Princely arms

• Marek, Miroslav. "Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya Family". genealogy.euweb.cz (Genealogy.EU).^[self-published source]^[better source needed]
• Genealogy of Maria Antonia Koháry
• Franz Karl Wißgrill: Schauplatz des landsässigen Nieder-Österreichischen Adels vom Herren- und Ritterstande, Band 5, Seite 177ff.
• Constantin von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Band 12, Seite 284

Notes

1. Ignaz Ritter von Schönfeld (1824). Adels-Schematismus Des Österreichischen Kaiserstaates (in German). Schaumburg. p. 13.
2. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Kohāry«. Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Band 9. Altenburg ..." www.zeno.org.
3. "Almanach de Gotha". Gotha : J. Perthes. June 1, 1764 – via Internet Archive.
4. Paoli, Dominique (2006). Fortunes & Infortunes des Princes d'Orléans. France: Editions Artena. pp. 107, 113, 372. ISBN 2-35154-004-2.

External links

• Media related to Ferenc József Koháry at Wikimedia Commons