Katinka Kendeffy

Katinka Kendeffy
Born 1830
Died 16 May 1896
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Spouse(s) Gyula Andrássy
The native form of this personal name is malomvízi grófnő Kendeffy Katinka. This article uses the Western name order.

Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz (1830 – 16 May 1896) was a Hungarian noblewoman, wife of Gyula Andrássy who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1871–1879). After coronation of King Franz Joseph I, she became Hungarian marshaless and an intimate friend of Queen Consort Elisabeth (Sissy). She died in 1896, two years after her husband.

Background

Her parents were Count Ádám Kendeffy and Countess Bora Bethlen. She married Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka in Paris, on 9 July 1856, when Andrássy lived in emigration after defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. They had four children:

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