Coat of arms of Counts Károlyi de Nagy-Károly
The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI.[1] They are descendants of Magyar Kond (chieftain).
Notable members
- Károlyi family
- Alexander Károlyi (1668–1743), first count
- Alajos Károlyi (1825–1899), Austro-Hungarian count
- Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947), former Prime Minister of Hungary (1931–1932)
- Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955), former Prime Minister of Hungary (1918–1919)
- Béla Károlyi (born 1942), Hungarian gymnastics coach, husband of Márta Károlyi
- Márta Károlyi (born 1942), Hungarian-born Romanian-American gymnastics coach and National Team Coordinator for USA Gymnastics
- Ottó Károlyi (died 2016), musicologist
- Tibor Károlyi (chess player) (born 1961), Hungarian chess International Master
- Tibor Károlyi (politician) (1843–1904), Hungarian politician and count
- Manó Ferenc Károlyi de Nagykároly (Politician) (1821-1879), Hungarian Count
- Karolys Family
- Ecuadorian descendesnts of Count Ede Mano Ferenc Károlyi de Nagykároly (1821-1879)
- Gonzalo Karolys (Born 1923- ) President of the Ecuadorian Supreme Court
- Marcelo Karolys (oil Industry) (Born 1943), Ecuadorian Industrialist
- Ecuadorian descendesnts of Count Ede Mano Ferenc Károlyi de Nagykároly (1821-1879)
See also
- Károly, a Hungarian given name and surname
- Karoli (disambiguation)
- Nagykároly or Carei, a Hungarian-majority town in Satu Mare County, Romania
- List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Karolys
References
- ↑ Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
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