Katinka Andrássy

Katinka Andrássy
Born	Katalin Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai 21 September 1892 Tiszadob, Austria-Hungary
Died	12 June 1985(1985-06-12) (aged 92) Antibes, France
Nationality (legal)	Hungarian
Spouse	Mihály Károlyi
Children	Éva Ádám Judit
Parent(s)	Tivadar Andrássy Eleonóra Zichy

Countess Katalin Károlyi (née Countess Katalin Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai; 21 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Mihály Károlyi, who served as Prime Minister then President of the First Hungarian Republic after the First World War.

They lived abroad since 1919. She was called by political opponents as Red Countess after her husband.

Family

Her father was Count Tivadar Andrássy, a politician and painter, eldest son of Prime Minister of Hungary Gyula Andrássy. She was named after her grandmother, Countess Katinka Kendeffy. She had three sisters: Ilona, Borbála and Klára (or Kája).

She married Count Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) on 7 November 1914 in Budapest. According to Hungarian tradition, she wore the name of her husband. They had three children: Éva, Ádám and Judit.

Films

• The Red Countess, a 1985 Hungarian drama film directed by András Kovács.

Further reading

• Károlyi Mihályné: Együtt a száműzetésben, Európa, ISBN 963-07-3646-2
• Károlyi Mihályné: Együtt a forradalomban, Európa, ISBN 963-07-3638-1

External links

• Media related to Katinka Andrássy at Wikimedia Commons
• Iván Nagy: Magyarország családai czimerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal. I-XIII. Bp., 1857–1868
• Marek, Miroslav. "Andrássy family tree". Genealogy.EU.
• 20 éve hunyt el Andrássy Katinka, a vörös grófnő (2005)
• A magyar irodalom története 1945–1975 / Károlyi Mihályné (1898–1986)
• Grófnő a hídon. Károlyi Mihályné és a baloldaliság