7/30/2019 Family Szechenyi
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Translation of the description of the family's origins in
the
"Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels"
Grfliche Hauser, Band XII, 1988(C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg and
der Lahn, Germany)
Szchnyi
"Catholic. - Hungarian Letter of Coat of Arms *, Vienna,
November 26, 1629. (issued to Laurentius S
z a b o called S art o r i u s, Emperor Fort Officer of the
Castle Szchnyi in the County of Ngrd,and to his son Georgius S z c
h n y i , Cardinal of Gyr and Primate of Hungary); Hungarian
title
of Count *, Vienna, March 3, 1697 (to his nephew George S z c h
n y i ) ; Hungarian Entitlement,
Srvr, November 28, 1728; Hereditary Count of the Castles Egervr,
Plske and Szent-Gyrgyvr."(This entitlement was issued at Srvr. The
castles of Srvr, Egervar, Plske and Szent-Gyrgyvar
were located in the upper part of Hungary. Thus the appendix "of
Srvr and Upper Country" was
added to the Szchnyi name.)(* Such letters and documents of
titles were issued by the King or Emperor)
"Coat of Arms. (1697) : In four parts, held together in the
center by a crowned golden shield
containing a silver dove with an olive branch in its beak,
standing on a golden leaf-crown, which restson a green triple
mound; parts 1 and 4 are red, and contain a silver patriarch-cross
(double cross)
which stands on a green triple hill, parts 2 and 3 are blue, and
contain a golden leaf crown from whicha black, gold crowned eagle
is starting his flight towards the sun depicted as a smiling,
golden face emanating from the top left corner."(The family
adopted the motto: "Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?" If God is
with us, who is against
us?" which has been inscribed under most depictions of the
family's Coat of Arms.)
The three Lines of the family originate trom the sons of Count
Francis de Paula, John, Joseph,Szchnyi of Srvr and Fels5videk, *
1754, 1820
They are:
Count Ludwig (Lajos) Szchnyi, *1781 tl855
Count Paul (Pal) Szchnyi, *1789 11871
Count Stephan (Istvn) Szchnyi, * 1791 t 1860
He was one of Hungary's most revered statesmen, referred to even
to this day as the
"Greatest Hungarian. " His accomplishments were numerous, his
forward looking idealsserve as exemplary goals to be strived for by
all following generations.
Countess Elize (Isabel) Szchnyi was a daughter of Count Pal. She
married Don Pedro Caro yAlvarez de Toledo.
7/30/2019 Family Szechenyi
2/2
Translation of the description of the family's origins in
the
"Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels"
Grfliche Hauser, Band XII, 1988(C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg and
der Lahn, Germany)
Szchnyi
"Catholic. - Hungarian Letter of Coat of Arms *, Vienna,
November 26, 1629. (issued to Laurentius S
z a b o called S art o r i u s, Emperor Fort Officer of the
Castle Szchnyi in the County of Ngrd,and to his son Georgius S z c
h n y i , Cardinal of Gyr and Primate of Hungary); Hungarian
title
of Count *, Vienna, March 3, 1697 (to his nephew George S z c h
n y i ) ; Hungarian Entitlement,
Srvr, November 28, 1728; Hereditary Count of the Castles Egervr,
Plske and Szent-Gyrgyvr."(This entitlement was issued at Srvr. The
castles of Srvr, Egervar, Plske and Szent-Gyrgyvar
were located in the upper part of Hungary. Thus the appendix "of
Srvr and Upper Country" was
added to the Szchnyi name.)(* Such letters and documents of
titles were issued by the King or Emperor)
"Coat of Arms. (1697) : In four parts, held together in the
center by a crowned golden shield
containing a silver dove with an olive branch in its beak,
standing on a golden leaf-crown, which restson a green triple
mound; parts 1 and 4 are red, and contain a silver patriarch-cross
(double cross)
which stands on a green triple hill, parts 2 and 3 are blue, and
contain a golden leaf crown from whicha black, gold crowned eagle
is starting his flight towards the sun depicted as a smiling,
golden face emanating from the top left corner."(The family
adopted the motto: "Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?" If God is
with us, who is against
us?" which has been inscribed under most depictions of the
family's Coat of Arms.)
The three Lines of the family originate trom the sons of Count
Francis de Paula, John, Joseph,Szchnyi of Srvr and Fels5videk, *
1754, 1820
They are:
Count Ludwig (Lajos) Szchnyi, *1781 tl855
Count Paul (Pal) Szchnyi, *1789 11871
Count Stephan (Istvn) Szchnyi, * 1791 t 1860
He was one of Hungary's most revered statesmen, referred to even
to this day as the
"Greatest Hungarian. " His accomplishments were numerous, his
forward looking idealsserve as exemplary goals to be strived for by
all following generations.
Countess Elize (Isabel) Szchnyi was a daughter of Count Pal. She
married Don Pedro Caro yAlvarez de Toledo.
