Orsolya Dersffy
Orsolya Dersffy | |
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Baroness of Szerdahely | |
Full name | Baroness Orsolya Dersffy de Szerdahely |
Born | 1583 |
Died | 15 March 1619 (aged 35–36) Zólyom,Kingdom of Hungary (today: Zvolen, Slovakia) |
Noble family | House of Dersffy House of Esterházy |
Spouse(s) | Ferenc Mágóchy(until 1611) Count Miklós Esterházy de Galántha(1612–1619) |
Issue | István |
Father | Baron Ferenc Dersffy de Szerdahely |
Mother | Orsolya Császár de Lanzér |
Baroness Orsolya Dersffy de Szerdahely(Dersfy;1583 – 15 March 1619) was the first wife of the laterPalatineNikolaus, Count Esterházy.[1]
Family
[edit]She was born in 1583 as the first daughter of Baron Ferenc Dersffy, who served as Master of the Cup-bearers andVice-ispán(Viscount;vicecomes) ofSáros County,and his second wife Orsolya Császár de Lanzér. She had a younger sister, Mária who married to Count Esterházy's brotherBaron Gábor Esterházyin 1619.[2]
Baroness Orsolya married at first to Ferenc Mágóchy who functioned as Captain General ofKassa(today:Košice, Slovakia). She already had a love affair with Esterházy, who served under Mágóchy, during her first marriage. Her husband died in 1611 and the couple were married one year later, on 22 November 1612 atMunkács(today:Mukachevo, Ukraine). The marriage made Esterházy (later Count) immensely rich and brought him also the lordships of Munkács. Their only son was born in 1616:
- István(1616–1641), heir to the Esterházy property, but died predeceasing his father and leaving his younger brother,László,as heir apparent
- Krisztina (d. 1617), died as an infant
Orsolya Dersffy died in 1619. Her husband married toBaroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedeghon 21 July 1624, whom his other children were born.
References
[edit]- ^Marek, Miroslav."Esterházy family tree".Genealogy.EU.
- ^Marek, Miroslav."Dersffy family tree".Genealogy.EU.