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Dénes Pázmándy (1781–1854)

Hungarian politician (1781-1854)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5320241 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dénes Pázmándy de Szomor et Somodor (10 March 1781 – 1 February 1854) was a Hungarian landowner and politician, who was a member of the National Defence Committee during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He served as Count (comes) of Fejér County in 1848. He surrendered before Field Marshal Windisch-Grätz in January 1849.

He was the father of Dénes Pázmándy, Jr.

References

Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (in Hungarian)

Horváth, Mihály: Huszonöt év Magyarország történelméből 1823 – 1848. (I – III., Genf, 1865)

Tóth, Lőrinc: A két Pázmándy (Hazánk, 1884. 1. sz.)

Spira, György: A magyar forradalom 1848 – 49-ben. Budapest, 1959.

Editorial summary

“Dénes Pázmándy (1781–1854)” enters the record as hungarian politician (1781-1854). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dénes, Pázmándy and Hungarian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1781, 1854, 1848, 1849—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1781-03-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Dénes, Pázmándy and Hungarian.
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Why this record matters

“Dénes Pázmándy (1781–1854)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Dénes, Pázmándy and Hungarian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5320241. VIAF identifies the subject as 268306111. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1781, 1854, 1848 and 1849.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dénes Pázmándy (1781–1854)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.