Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya


Ferenc József, 1st Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya, was a Hungarian magnate and statesman. He was a member of the noble House of Koháry and served as Hungarian Chancellor. On 15 November 1815, Emperor Francis I of Austria awarded him the title of Fürst von Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya.

Early life

He was the son of Ignác József Anton Franz Xaver, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya and his wife, Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani di Imena, who were married at Seiffersdorf on 15 January 1758.

Marriage and issue

On 13 February 1792, he married Countess Maria Antonia of Waldstein-Wartenberg in Vienna. They had two children, a son Ferenc and a daughter Maria Antonia.
The latter ultimately became the heiress of his whole fortune of 20 million francs. On 30 November 1815 in Vienna, she married Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, by whom she had issue, the so-called Princes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry.

Ancestry