Géza Duka de Kádár
Hungarian noble, politician (1867-1913)
Baron Géza István Duka de Kádár (2 January 1867 – 21 February 1913) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat, politician, and landowner of Aromanian and Serb origin. A member of the noble Duka de Kádár family, he served in Austro-Hungarian diplomatic missions in Athens, Belgrade, Stuttgart, Constantinople, and The Hague. He later became a member of the Hungarian House of Magnates and served in the Hungarian House of Representatives as a deputy for Sasca Montană.
Early life and lineage
Géza Duka was born on 2 January 1867 in Kádár (now Cadăr, Romania) into a prominent Aromanian family originating from Moscopole. His ancestor, Mihai Duka, a merchant from Osijek, was ennobled by Emperor Francis II in 1792. The family gained higher prominence through Géza's grand-uncle, Feldzeugmeister Baron Peter Duka de Kádár, a distinguished military officer who was raised to the rank of baron in 1816 and granted the estate of Kádár in the Banat.
Géza was the only child of Baron Emil Duka (1835–1885) and Katarina von Karátsonyi de Beodra (d. 1891), of noble Armenian ancestry. Raised in the Eastern Orthodox faith, he was polyglot who spoke 12 languages, including native European languages, ancient languages, and Oriental languages.
Education and early career
Duka entered the Consular Academy of Vienna on 8 October 1885 and graduated with a diplomatic title on 30 September 1890.
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