Ferenc József, Graf und 1. Fürst Koháry de Csábrág

Cabrad Castle

The Čabraď Castle is a castle ruin in Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, southeast of Krupina.It was built in the 13th century. In the 15th century, it was captured by the army of John Giskra for a while. In 1585 and 1602 it withstood attacks of Ottoman Turks. It was the residence of...

 et Szitnya

Sitno

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(Vienna

Vienna

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, 4 September 1760/1766 – Oroszvár, today Rusovce

Rusovce

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, 27 June 1826) was an Austrian

Austrian Empire

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 Imperial Chancellor

Chancellor

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. He was given an Austrian princely title in 1815. He was the son of Ignác József Anton Franz Xaver Graf Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya, Honti fõispán (obergespan) (Szentantal, 2 December 1726 – Vienna, 10 October 1777) and wife, married at Seiffersdorf, on 15 January 1758 or 4 August 1761, Maria Gabriella Gräfin Cavriani di Imena (Vienna, 25 April 1736 – Pest, 29 July 1803).

He married in Vienna on 13 February 1792 Maria Antoinetta Josefa von Waldstein-Wartenburg

Maria Antoinetta Josefa von Waldstein-Wartenburg

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 and had two children, a son Ferenc (21 December 1792 – 19 April 1795) and a daughter Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág

Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág

Mária Antónia, Prinzessin Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya was a Hungarian noblewoman and the ancestress of many European monarchs.-Family and marriage:...

 et Szitnya (Vienna, 2 July 1797 – Vienna, 25 September 1862), who became the heiress of his whole fortune of $20 million franc

Franc

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s and married in Vienna on 30 November 1815 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Coburg

Coburg

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, 28 March 1785 – Vienna, 27 August 1851), by whom she had issue, Princes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry.

Ancestry

Sources

• Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya Family
• Genealogy of Maria Antonia Koháry