Count Mihály Viczay de Loós et Hédervár (25 July 1757 – 18 March 1831) was a
Hungarian numismatist, amateur archaeologist, collector. He was a member of the old noble Viczay family.
Life
His parents were Count Ferenc Mihály, Sr. and Countess Terézia Draskovich. At first, he studied law, but very interested in archeology, so he retired to
Hédervár
Hédervár is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.
Description
The village settled in the Szigetköz in Győr-Moson-Sopron country halfway along the road connecting Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár. Its emergence can be associated with ...
, where antiques and had already accumulated a collection of coins. One of the most beautiful museum was his private collection in his birthplace, where a large number of foreign scientists visited. Among others, like the
Italian
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Sestini and
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writer
Robert Towns
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also commemorated those collections.
He married Countess Mária Anna Grassalkovich de Gyarak on 15 June 1775. They had three children:
* Mihály (1777–?): he married Countess Mária Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő.
* Ferenc (1780–1836): his wife was Countess Amália Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő. One of their children was Count
Héder Viczay.
* Karolina (1789–1839): her husband was Count Antal II Khuen de Belás. Their grandchild was
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár, born as ''Károly Khuen de Belás'' ( hr, Dragutin Khuen-Héderváry, 23 May 1849 – 16 February 1918) was a Hungarian politician and the Ban of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in the late ninet ...
who later served as
Prime Minister of Hungary
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twice.
External links
Hungarian Biographical Lexicon
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1757 births
1831 deaths
Hungarian numismatists
Hungarian archaeologists
Mihaly