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unusual facts about Hungarian nobility



Tiszadob

The families of Hungarian nobility that are known to have lived in Tiszadob at one point in time: Andrássy, Aranyász, Balogh, Baráth, Batta, Bódogh, Boros, Czegledy, Czihát, Dancs, Doby (ancient family), Görgei, Jánossy, Kazai, Lakatos, Monoky (ancient family), Pápai, Péchy, Porkoláb, Székes, Szük, Tóth and Zákány.

Zoltán Ozoray Schenker

His father was a Transylvanian Saxon, and his mother was a member of the Hungarian nobility.


see also

Eltz

In 1736 Archbishop Philipp Karl von Eltz had acquired the Lordship of Vukovar in eastern Slavonia (present-day Croatia) affiliated with the Hungarian nobility.

Korossy

In the late Middle Ages, it was common for Hungarian noble families with names derived in a similar way from a toponym to spell their names with "y" at the end instead of "i", and/or with a doubled consonant before it.

Pimpernel and Rosemary

The action is mainly set amongst the disaffected Hungarian nobility in Transylvania, allowing Orczy to draw on her knowledge of Hungarian history and politics.

Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

The step undertaken by Metropolitan Atanasie Anghel and his Holy Synod obtained for the ethnic Romanians of Transylvania (then a Principauté vasal to the Hapsburg Empire) equal rights with those of the other Transylvanian nations, which were part of the Unio Trium Nationum: (the Hungarian nobility, the Transylvanian Saxons and the Székely).