Ferenc József, Prince Koháry of Csábrág and Szitnya
Hungarian Chancellor (1767-1826)
Ferenc József, 1st Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (4 September 1767, in Vienna – 27 June 1826, in Oroszvár), was a Hungarian nobleman, magnate and a statesman. He was a member of the noble House of Koháry and served as Hungarian Chancellor.
Early life
He was the son of Ignác József Anton Franz Xaver, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (Szent-Antal, 2 December 1726 – Vienna, 10 October 1777) and his wife, Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani (Vienna, 25 April 1736 – Pest, 29 July 1803), who were married at Seiffersdorf on 15 January 1758.
On 15 November 1815, Emperor Francis I of Austria awarded him the hereditary title of Fürst von Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya.
Marriage and issue
On 13 February 1792, he married Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein-Wartenberg in Vienna. They had two children, a son Ferenc (21 December 1792 – 19 April 1798) and a daughter Maria Antonia (Vienna, 2 July 1797 – Vienna, 25 September 1862).
The latter ultimately became the heiress of his whole fortune of 20 million francs. On 30 November 1815 in Vienna, she married Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Coburg, 28 March 1785 – Vienna, 27 August 1851), by whom she had issue, the so-called Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry.
Death
Ferenc József, Koháry died in Oroszvár, Kingdom of Hungary, on 27 June 1826 at the age of 58 and was buried in Hronský Beňadik, in present-day Slovakia.
Ancestry
Sources
Franz Karl Wißgrill: Schauplatz des landsässigen Nieder-Österreichischen Adels vom Herren- und Ritterstande, Band 5, Seite 177ff.
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