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)

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 marriage 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. ^ "Gräfin Eleonore Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö: Genealogics". www.genealogics.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  • Iván Nagy: Magyarország családai czimerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal. I-XIII. Bp., 1857–1868
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Andrássy family tree". Genealogy EU.