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István Széchenyi
Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist (1791–1860)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 September 1791
- Died
- 8 April 1860
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Döbling
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- István
- Family name
- Széchenyi
- Father
- Ferenc Széchényi
- Mother
- Julianna Festetics
- Spouse
- Crescence Seilern
- Child
- Ödön Széchenyi, Béla Széchenyi
- Occupation
- writer, politician
- Position held
- Member of the House of Magnates, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Hungary, member of the National Assembly of Hungary
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire, Archduchy of Austria, Hungary
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Awards
- Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, Pour le Mérite, Order of the Holy Spirit, honorary citizen of Győr
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Ujabb kori ismeretek tára, Hungarian writers. Biography collection, Meyers Conversations-Lexicon, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, [Historical almanac of the first National Assembly of 1848-1849]
- family
- Széchényi family
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Hungarian
- manner of death
- suicide
- member of political party
- independent politician
- military, police or special rank
- captain
- name in native language
- Széchenyi István
- noble title
- count
- place of burial
- Nagycenk
- relative
- Kristóf Festetics
- significant person
- Mihály Esterházy
- topic's main category
- Category:István Széchenyi
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