House of Koháry

Koháry was an ancient Hungarian noble family[1] with seats at Csábrág and Szitnya, now Čabraď and Sitno Castle within Slovakia. The Kohárys belonged among the magnates of Hungary.

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Prince Koháry

In 1815, the head of the house, the then imperial chancellor Ferenc József (1760-1826), was made Fürst Koháry (Prince Koháry) by Emperor Francis I of Austria. At the death of Ferenc József, his only surviving child, a daughter named Mária Antónia (1797-1862), was proclaimed heiress of the name (fíúsított). When she married in 1816, her husband Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha took the name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry. Among the descendants of Mária Antónia and Ferdinand are the last three kings of Portugal (Luis I, Carlos I, Manoel II) and the last three kings of Bulgaria (Ferdinand I, Boris III, Simeon II).

Notable members of the family

References

  1. ^ Reuben Percy, The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction, Volume 34, J. Limbird, 1839 [1]

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