Katinka Kendeffy


Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz Andrássy was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Gyula Andrássy, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary.

Early life

Kendeffy was born in Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire to Count Ádám Kendeffy de Malomvíz and his wife, Countess Borbála "Bora" Bethlen de Bethlen.

Biography

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

Personal life

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: