Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár ( Egyed, 27 July 1860 - Polgárdi, 27 December 1951) was the main county head of

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(Latin: comes (''supremus''), Hungarian: főispán), Governor (kormányzó) of

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, and Győr parliamentary representative.

Early life

He was the eldest son of count Géza Batthyány von Németújvár (1838–1900) and Countess Emma Batthyány (1837–1902). Her father was the first prime-minister of Hungary Count Lajos Batthyány von Németújvár (1807–1849).

Biography

Batthyány attended law studies at Budapest, Berlin and Paris, pursuing a diplomatic career, but later abandoned this plan. He married

Gyula Andrássy Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (, 8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and subsequently as List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungar ...

's only daughter, Ilona Andrássy in 1882. When

Károly Khuen-Héderváry Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár, born as ''Károly Khuen de Belás'' (; ; 23 May 1849 – 16 February 1918) was a Hungarian politician and the ban of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in the late nineteenth century. Khuen's reign w ...

, after serving as Győr county and city supreme count (''főispán''), was appointed ''Banus'' in

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on 1 December 1883, the King appointed Batthyány supreme count of

. Batthyány proved to be very successful in managing Győr by fostering industrial development. The

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, therefore, highly respected him and he enjoyed popular support. For this reason the Hungarian government in 1892 appointed him Governor of Fiume. After the resignation of the mayor of Fiume Giovanni de Ciotta, Batthyány resigned in turn in autumn 1896. In the same year Batthyány became a parliamentary representative of the city of Győr. In recognition of his qualities and achievements he became imperial and royal chamberlain, and royal intimate counselor. File:Sudika_Egyed_palace.jpg, Castle Egyed (Hungary) where he was born PPMHP 270508 ulaz.jpg, Governors palace in

, today in Croatia Barabas-batthyany.jpg, His father-in-law

Lajos Batthyány Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (; ; 10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest, Hungary, Pe ...

von Németújvár (1807–1849) Vaszary Portrait of Ilona Andrássy 1905.jpg, His wife

Ilona Andrássy Countess Ilona Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (21 May 1858 – 2 April 1952) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian noblewoman, wife of Lajos Batthyány (governor), Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (1860–1951) who served as Li ...

(1858–1952)

References

1860 births 1951 deaths

Lajos Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526) In Hungarian politics: * Lajos Aulic ...

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Early life

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