Marie Festetics von Tolna
Illustration — Countess Marie Festetics • Illustration — Marie's residence: Festetics castle in Söjtör, Hungary Countess Marie Festetics von Tolna (20 October 1839 – 16 April 1923), was an Austro-Hungarian countess, diarist and lady-in-waiting.
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Marie Festetics von Tolna
Károly Koller · Vasárnapi Ujság, 1909/22. p. 457. · Public domain
- Born
- 1839 · Tolna.
- Died
- 1923 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- writer · lady-in-waiting
- Fields
- diary
- Honours
- Order of Elisabeth · Order of the Starry Cross · Order of Theresa
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Countess Marie Festetics • Illustration — Marie's residence: Festetics castle in Söjtör, Hungary Countess Marie Festetics von Tolna (20 October 1839 – 16 April 1923), was an Austro-Hungarian countess, diarist and lady-in-waiting.
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Family
Countess Mária Terézia was born in Tolna, Kingdom of Hungary, into the collateral branch of an old and distinguished House of Festetics, as the fifth child and fourth daughter of Count Sandor Festetics von Tolna (1805–1877) and his wife, Baroness Josephine von Boxberg (1811–1892). Her sibling were: Countess Ilona (1830-1843), Countess Adél (1833-1879), Count Károly (1836-1879), Countess Matild (1838-1870) and Count Viktor (1840-1884).
Imperial Lady-in-waiting
Imperial Lady-in-waiting
She served as lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth of Austria from 1870, and became one of the favorites and confidantes of the Empress. She was also a noted diarist and her diaries are regarded as an important source of the Imperial Austrian court.
Death
Death
Countess Marie died on 16 April 1923 at the age of 83 in Festetics castle, her family estate in Söjtör, Zala County, Kingdom of Hungary.
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Identity
Marie Festetics von Tolna is recorded as having received Order of Elisabeth, Order of the Starry Cross and Order of Theresa. Identity and origins. Her recorded language was German. She was the child of Sándor Festetics.
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1839
Marie Festetics von Tolna born at Tolna.
1923
Marie Festetics von Tolna died at Budapest.
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