Katinka Kendeffy

Katinka Kendeffy
Katinka Kendeffy in 1875, by Franz von Lenbach
Born	Katalin Kendeffy de Malomvíz 1830 Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Died	16 May 1896 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Spouse	Gyula Andrássy

Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz Andrássy (1830 – 16 May 1896) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Gyula Andrássy, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1871–1879).

Kendeffy was born in Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) to Count Ádám Kendeffy de Malomvíz (1795-1834) and his wife, Countess Borbála "Bora" Bethlen de Bethlen (1800–1880).^[1]

After the coronation of King Franz Joseph I, she became Hungarian marshalless and an intimate friend of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi). She died in 1896, six years after her husband.

She married Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka in Paris, on 9 July 1856,^[2] when Andrássy lived in emigration after defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. They had four children:

• Tivadar (1857–1905): politician, first husband of Countess Eleonóra Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1867–1945)
• Ilona (1858–1952): wife of Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (1860–1951) who served as Governor of Fiume
• Manó (?)
• Gyula (1860–1929): politician, second husband of Countess Eleonóra Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1867–1945).

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