Batthyány

The Batthyány family can trace its roots to the founding of Hungary in 896 CE by Árpád. The family derives from a chieftain called Örs.^[1]^[2]^[3] Árpád had seven chieftains, one by the name of Örs, which later became Kővágó-Örs. In 1398, Miklós Kővágó-Örs married Katalin Battyány. King Zsigmond (Sigismund) gave Miklós the region around the town of Battyán (now called Szabadbattyán) and he took the name Batthyány (lit. "from Battyán"). The family were first mentioned in documents in 1398 and have had their ancestral seat in Güssing in the Austrian region of Burgenland since 1522.

In 1570, Boldizsár Batthyány transformed the seat of the family, Güssing, into the center of Protestantism in the region. His descendant Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659), however, was Catholic and founded a Franciscan monastery in Güssing. On 3.1.1764 Count Karl Josef Batthyány was created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. As he didn't have surviving sons, his princely title was inherited by his nephew Count Adam Wenzel (1722–1787). Count Lajos Batthyány became the first Prime Minister of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and was executed in Pest in 1849. After 1945, the Batthyány family's property was largely expropriated in Hungary and other countries under Communist rule, although they retained their property in Austria.

Boldizsár Batthyány (1543–1590), baron, well-educated humanist, became Protestant in 1570, protector of the botanist Carolus Clusius
Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659), count, Founder of the Franciscan monastery in Güssing
Adam II. Batthyány (1662–1703), Ban of Croatia
Lajos Batthyány (1696–1765), Hungarian Court Chancellor and Palatine of Hungary.
Károly József Batthyány (1697–1772), 1st Prince, Austrian field marshal and later educator of Joseph II, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia
József Batthyány (1727–1799), bishop
Ignác Batthyány (1741–1798), bishop and founder of the Batthyaneum Library, Alba Iulia, now Romania.^[5]
Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854), politician, minister in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Franciska Batthyány (1802–1861), born Széchenyi
Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), executed, first Hungarian Prime Minister
Count József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812), his father
Gusztáv, 5th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1803–1883), English sportsman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1826–1914)
Ludovika Olga Karoline Philippine Antonia Batthyany (1869–1939)
Count Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931)
László, 7th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), ophthalmologist, beatified in 2003
Ervin Batthyány (1877–1945), anarchist and school reformer
Countess Margit Batthyány (1911–1989) (de), lived until the end of World War II in Castle Rechnitz (Burgenland) where she was engaged in breeding horses and maintaining a reconvalescence home for members of the SS. Her involvement in the infamous Rechnitz massacre^[6] is still controversial.
Sacha Battyhány, Swiss journalist and writer, author of the book "A Crime in the Family" about the participation of Comtesse Margit Battyhány and other members of the family in the Rechnitz massacre^[7]
Karina Batthyány (born 1968), Uruguayan academic

Family tree

Batthyány family members^[8]

Albert Batthyány de Németújvár (1397–1435) m. Klára Antimus (b. c. 1394)
- András Batthyány (b. c. 1435) m. Veronika Imreffy de Szerdahely (b. c. 1458)
  - Boldizsár Batthyány (1452–1520) m. Ilona Hermanfi de Greben
    - Ferenc Batthyány (1497–1566) m. Katalin Bánffy de Alsólendva
    - Boldizsár Batthyány (d. 1528) m. Katalin Erhardi
      - Kristóf Batthyány (1500–1570) m. Erzsébet Svetkovics (d. 1571)
        Boldizsár Batthyány (1543–1590) m. Dorottya Zrinski (1550–1617)
        Ferenc Batthyány (1573–1625) Eva Poppel von Lobkowitz
        Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659) m. Aurora Katharina von Formentini zu Talmein (1609–1653)
        Kristóf "Christoph" II Batthyány (1632–1687) m. Maria-Anna Horváth de Palocsa
        Ádám II Batthyány m. 1692: Eleonore Strattmann (1673–1741)
        Lajos Batthyány (1696–1765) m. Therese Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1700–1775)
        Maria Antonia Batthyány (1720–1797) m. (1) Miklós Erdődy (1719–1757); m. (2) Károly József, 1st Prince Batthyány (1697–1772)
        
        Ádám Wenzel, 2nd Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1722–1787) m. Mária Terézia Illésházy de Illésháza (1734–1807)
        Lájos, 3rd Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1753–1806) m. (1) Franciska Seraphina Mária Janka Jozefa Francika de Paula Pálffy ab Erdõd (1753–1778); (2) Maria Elisabeth von Pergen (1755–1815)
        Fülöp, 4th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1781–1870)
        
        János Batthyány-Strattmann (1784–1865) m. Mária Terézia Esterházy de Galántha (1805–1859)
        Elizabeta Batthyány-Strattmann (1820–1882) m. Karlo Drašković de Trakostjan
        
        Leopoldine Batthyány-Strattmann (1824–1866), m. Alexander Ludwig Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló
        
        Juliana Franziska Batthyány-Strattmann (1827–1871), m. William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo (1819–1895)
        
        József Batthyány (1727–1799)
        
        Tódor "Theodor" Batthyány (1729–1812) m. Philippine Esterházy de Galántha (1734–1811)
        Antal József Batthyány-Strattmann (1762–1828) m. (1) Mária Festetics de Tolna (1775–1800); (2) Mária Cäcilie von Rogendorff und Mollenburg (1775–1814)
        Gusztáv, 5th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1803–1883) m. 1828: Wilhelmine von Ahrenfeld
        Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1826–1914) m. 1857: Henrietta Mary Elisabeth Gumpel (d. 1893); (2) Amalie Holzmann
        
        Gustavus Batthyány (1828–1906)
        
        Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854) m. Auguszta Keglevich de Buzin
        
        Károly József, 1st Prince Batthyány (1697–1772) m. (1) Maria Anna Barbara von Waldstein-Wartenberg (1693–1724); (2) Maria Theresa von Strattmann-Peuerbach (1708–1760); (3) Maria Antonia Batthyány (1720–1797)
        Eugen Franz Johann Joseph Batthyány (1722–1742)
        
        Maria Anna Walburga Batthyány (1735–1752)
        
        Pál Batthyány (1639–1674) m. Katharina Illésházy de Illésháza (1641–1681)
        Zsigmund Batthyány (d. 1728) and Rosina Isabella von Gallenberg (1670–1731)
        Ádám III Batthyány (1704–1782) m. Terezia Esterházy de Galántha (1714–1757)
        Szidonia Regina Batthyány (1739–1816) m. János Illésházy de Illésháza (1736–1799)
        
        Emmerich Batthyány (1707–1774) m. (1) Maria Anna Victoria Walburga Josefa Eleonora Cyriaka Sauer von Krosiagh zu Ankerstein (1720–1764); (2) Eva Reichenhuber-Kautz
        József György Xaver Lajos János Ignac Batthyány (1737–1806) m. Mária Franciska Illésházy de Illésháza (1740–1817)
        József Antal Mária Vinczö Ferrerius Alajos Erhard Batthyány (1770–1851) m. (1) Anna Lázár de Szárhegy (1787–1831); (2) Antónia Tarnóczy de Alsólelócz et Jezernicze (1792–1876)
        József Batthyány (1836–1897) m. (1) Ludovika Batthyány (1843–1882), div. 1879; (2) Antonia Kornis de Gönczruszka (1835–1917)
        Agnes Batthyány (1862–1920) m. Johann Ägid Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra (1856–1930)
        
        Antónia Johanna Ludovika Wilhelmine Batthyány (1864–1919) m. Frigyes Pongrácz de Szentmiklós et Óvár (1850–1932)
        
        Wilhelmine Antónia Ludovika Gabriela Batthyány (1867–1951) m. Aladár Bethlen de Bethlen (1854–1941)
        
        Ludovika Olga Károlina Philippina Antónia Batthyány (1869–1939) m. Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931)
        
        László, 7th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1870–1931) m. 1898: Maria Theresia von Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg (1874–1951)
        László, 8th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1904–1966) m. Princess Antoinette zu Windisch-Graetz
        László, 9th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1938–2015) m. Veronika Hauschka von Treuenfels (b. 1942)
        László, 10th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (b. 1970)
        
        Ignác Batthyány (1741–1798)^[5]
        
        Johann Nepomuk Batthyány (1769–1826) m. Maria Anna von Gemmingen-Hornberg
        Károly Janos Nepomuk Batthyány (1799–1852) m. (1) Ernesztina Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (1801–1829); (2) Károlina Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (1810–1896)
        Zsigmond Károly Batthyány (1829–1906) m. Johanna Nepomucena Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1835–1915)
        Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) m. Ludovika Olga Károlina Philippina Antónia Batthyány (1869–1939)
        
        Ferenc Batthyány (1845–1877) m. Edit Trefort
        Ervin Batthyány (1877–1945) m. Alice Nuellens (1857–1933)
        
        Zsigmund Johann Batthyány (1810–1891) m. Mária Ágnes Franziska Katalin Theresia Batthyány (1815–1853)
        Béla Batthyány (1840–1895) m. Adelheid Tarnóczy-Tarnowsky
        
        Ludovika Batthyány (1843–1882) m. (div. 1879) József Batthyány (1836–1897)
        
        Zsigmund II Batthyány (1712–1777) m. Rosalia Anna Maria Christina von Lengheim (1707–1788)
        Miksa Batthyány (1739–1805) m. Magda Flaesser
        József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812) m. Borbála Skerlecz de Lomnicza (1779–1834)
        Amalia Batthyány m. (1) 1824: Franz Oliver von Jenison-Walworth (div. 1831); (2) Count Karl Theodor von Westerholt-Gysenberg
        
        Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) m. 1834: Antónia Zichy de Zics et Vázsonykő
        Amália Batthyány (1837–1922)
        
        Ilona Batthyány (1842–1929) m. Béla Keglevich von Buzin
        
        Elemér Batthyány (1847–1932)
        
        Fülöp "Philipp" Zsigmund Batthyány (1745–1795) m. (1) Maria Anna Elisabeth Katzianer von Katzenstein (1743–1791); (2) Maria Theresia Josepha von Stubenberg (1766–1813)
        József Emanuel Batthyány (1772–1851) m. Maria Anna von Ottenfels-Gschwind
        
        Kristóf Batthyány (1793–1878) m. Franziska von Gleispach (1794–1854)
        Mária Ágnes Franziska Katalin Theresia Batthyány (1815–1853) m. Zsigmund Johann Batthyány (1810–1891)
        
        Karoly Batthyány (b. 1817) m. Henriette Mária Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1838–1905)

History

Modern era

Princes Batthyány (later Batthyány-Strattmann)

Notable members

Family tree

See also

References

External links

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