The Bornemisza family or Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva is a Hungarian noble family which dates back to the first half of the 17th century. They were

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on 19 March 1633 by

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and received the hereditary title of

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in 1717. Since then, members of this family occupied many important political positions in the Principality of Transylvania. At one point, they served as Vice-Chancellors of

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Thyssen-Bornemisza

In 1905 Heinrich Thyssen, member of the Thyssen family from

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, married Baroness Margit Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1887-1971), the daughter of the king's Hungarian chamberlain Baron Gábor Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1859-1915). Gabor, being the last male of his line and having no sons of his own, adopted Heinrich, his son in law. As a result of the adoption, the Emperor

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officially extended his father-in-law's

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ial title in the

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to Heinrich and his legitimate male-line descendants on 22 June 1907 in

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. Since then, their legitimate male line offspring are entitled to the name ''Baron von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva''.

Notable members

* Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza * Fiona Thyssen-Bornemisza *

Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon Heinrich Thyssen (31 October 1875 – 26 June 1947), after 22 June 1907 Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, was a Hungarian-German entrepreneur and art collector. Biography Thyssen was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, the ...

Péter Bornemisza Péter Bornemisza (c. 1535 – 1584) was a Hungarian Lutheran bishop of noble birth. His father was killed by the Turks around the time he was six years old. A scholar from England, at the University of Cracow, first interested him in Protestantism ...

* Anna Bornemisza *

George Bornemissza George Francis Bornemissza (born György Ferenc Bornemissza; 11 February 1924 – 10 April 2014) was a Hungarian-born entomologist and ecologist. He studied science at the University of Budapest before obtaining his Ph.D. in zoology at the Un ...

* Francesca Anne Dolores Freiin Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva * Gergely Bornemissza * Gyula Bornemisza

Thyssen-Bornemisza

Notable members

See also