István Széchenyi
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Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary he is st
Gróf Széchenyi István
Széchenyi offers one year's income of his estate to establish and endow the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Széchenyi at the Iron Gates – painting by Schöfft József and Schöfft Ágoston, 1836
Countess Széchenyi by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1828
Ferenc Széchényi
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Count Ferenc Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was a Hungarian nobleman and statesman, known for founding the Hungarian National Library and the National Museum in Budapest.
István Széchenyi
…greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary he is still known to many as "the Greatest Hungarian". Széchenyi was born in Vienna to Count Ferenc Széchényi and Countess Juliána Festetics de Tolna; he was the youngest of their two daughters and three sons. The Széchenyis were an old and influential noble…
Portrait of Count Széchényi, by Johann Ender, 1823
Portrait of his wife, Countess Julia Festetics de Tolna, by Johann Ender, 1817