György Festetics

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Count György László Festetics de Tolna (23 April 1815 – 12 February 1883) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King between 1867 and 1871.

Early life and ancestry

He was the offspring from the Hungarian noble House of Festetics. His father was Count Festetics László (1785–1846), and his mother was Princess Josefine of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1856). His paternal grandfather was count György Festetics de Tolna (1755-1819), who founded the prestigious agricultural college Georgikon, the first of its kind in Europe, that operated in the Festetics Palace in Keszthely.

Private life

On 17 February 1849 he married Countess Eugénia Erdődy (b. November 1826; d. August 1894), daughter of Count Kajetan Erdődy (1795-1856) and Countess Ernestine of Lerchenfeld-Prennberg (1798-1863). They were parents of Prince Tasziló Festetics von Tolna.

Ancestry

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