Dénes Andrássy

Dénes Andrássy
Born19 November 1835
Died23 February 1913(1913-02-23) (aged 77)
NationalityHungarian
SpouseFranziska Seraphica Hablawetz
Parent(s)György Andrássy
Franziska von Königsegg-Aulendorf

Count Dénes Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (19 November 1835 – 23 February 1913) was a Hungarian nobleman, who served as chairman of the Hungarian Heraldic and Genealogical Society. He was a wealthy, generous and enlightened patron of the arts.

Biography

Born into the Andrássy family, one of the most important Hungarian noble families, he was the son of Count György Andrássy and Countess Franziska von Königsegg-Aulendorf, member of an old German nobility. He married Franciska Seraphica Hablawetz (1838-1902), member of a Viennese bourgeois family. The couple didn't have children. After her death he founded Franciska Relic Museum in his birthplace.

He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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