"On the 21st of September, 1851, 36 leaders of the Hungarian Freedom War were sentenced to death by an Austrian Military Court. Among them were Lajos Kossuth, Regent of Hungary, Bertalan Szemere, the last Prime Minister, several ministers, generals and politicians. On the following day 36 gallows were erected in the courtyard and a tablet with the name of a condemned man was hung from each gibbet. The 36 condemned men were not present. They had fled from Austrian vengeance and were sentenced and executed “in contumaciam”, in effigy, in their absence. One of these “hanged” men was Count Gyula (Julius) Andrassy. He was born in 1823 and died in 1890 -having outlived his own execution by some 40 years"
(from the 1929 NYT Obituary)
The cause of the Magyar patriots was a hopeless one. Kossuth fled to London, and subsequently to this country. Andrassy retired to Constantinople, where he posed as an ambassador of independent Hungary until the Austrian government demanded his surrender. Andrassy found refuge in London. He was in possession of immense revenues. His personality was most fascinating. Accomplished, eloquent, a man of striking courage, the young Magyar noble became the lion of fashionable London. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, Andrassy went to Paris. He became one of the friends of the court party and the personal friend of Louis Napoleon.
Count Gyula Andrassy, gentleman, revolutionary, genius and hero - here's to his memory.
Andrassy Avenue statue pic from Disappearing Budapest:
(from the 1929 NYT Obituary)
The cause of the Magyar patriots was a hopeless one. Kossuth fled to London, and subsequently to this country. Andrassy retired to Constantinople, where he posed as an ambassador of independent Hungary until the Austrian government demanded his surrender. Andrassy found refuge in London. He was in possession of immense revenues. His personality was most fascinating. Accomplished, eloquent, a man of striking courage, the young Magyar noble became the lion of fashionable London. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, Andrassy went to Paris. He became one of the friends of the court party and the personal friend of Louis Napoleon.
Count Gyula Andrassy, gentleman, revolutionary, genius and hero - here's to his memory.
Andrassy Avenue statue pic from Disappearing Budapest:
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