Dadan

MINGRELIA

The Dadiani Dynasty

(Dadányi de Gyülvész)

GENEALOGY

continued from Mingrelia 2.

His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti IV Dadiani-Vardanidze, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, had issue:

6) Konstantini Dadiani [Konsantyn Dadányi]*. Held the rank of Aznauri. Settled in Hungary with his brother Naum. [According to Toumanoff, the ancestor of the Hungarian family of Dadány]. He may have had issue, a son:
- a) György Dadányi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
7) Naum Giorgi Dadiani [Naoum György Dadányi]. b. 1695. Settled at Szentgyörgy in Pressburg, Hungary, before May 1715 (recorded as Georgius Dadán in the Hungarian census for May and August 1715). m. a daughter of Prince Shervashidze. He d. 1758, having had issue, three sons:
- a) György Dadányi. b. 1720. He d. at Miskolc, Borsod, Hungary, 24^th July 1774 (bur. there in the Orthodox Cemetery, Mindszent Church), having had issue, two sons:
  - i) Naum Levan György Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1756. Purchased the estate of Gyülvesz with his brother, 1781/1782. Confirmed as a noble of the kingdom of Hungary by Emperor Josef II 30^th January 1784. m. Maria (d. at Miskolc, Borsod, Hungary, bur. near the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, 8^th September 1796), daughter of Spiridon Economu, of Corfu. He was k. at Gyülvesz, Transylvania, 26^th January 1802 (bur. there), having issue, two sons and four daughters:
    - (1) Mihály Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1776. He d. at Vienna, Austria, 9^th April 1804.
    - (2) Konstantin Naum Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Pest, Hungary, 26^th June 1783. Confirmed as a noble of the kingdom of Hungary by Emperor Franz I 28^th June 1800 (arms registered 12^th August 1808). m. (first?) …m. (second?) Erzsébet (b. at Temesvár, Hungary, 30^th October 1791; d. at Pest, 12^th June 1850), daughter of Jerzy Damjanovics (or Demjanovitch), by his wife, Alexandra, youngest daughter of István Constantinovics de Germán. He d. at Chlumetz, Moravia, 18^th February 1854, having issue, two sons and four daughters:
      - (a) Captain Pál Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 27^th June 1814 (s/o Erzsébet). Capt. of Hussars, Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Army. m. (first) Katalin, née de Zákó. m. (second) Eufrozsina [Euphrosina] (b. 1824; d. at Bécs, 24^th October 1881), née Joannovits [Joanovics] de Duleó et Vallemare. He d. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 10^th July 1882, having had issue:
        
        (i) Jenö [Eugen] Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1843. m. 1872, Margarete [Margit] Dadányi de Gyülvesz (b. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 14^th May 1853; d. there, 21^st May 1942), daughter of György Damaskyn de Németi, by his wife, Etelka, néé Földváry. He d. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 12^th November 1912, having had issue, three sons:
        
        1. Jenö [Eugen] Dadányi de Gyülvesz. He d. young, at Mélynádas, 15^th March 1891. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        2. György Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1874. He d. 10^th September 1883.
        
        3. György Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 28^th February 1893. Officer of Hussars. Emigrated to Argentina. Author of "Mosolygó veszedelem" (1940), "Csordás voltam Paraguayban", etc. m. (first) at Arad, Transylvania, 1920, Erzsébet Dadányi de Gyülvesz (b. at Arad, Transylvania, 3^rd March 1901; d. by suicide, at Budapest, Hungary, 26^th April 1945), daughter of Diodor Czernovics de Mácsa, by his second wife, Olga, youngest daughter of Baron Jenö Ödon Duka de Kádár. m. (second) Maria, née Kery. He d. at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1^st August 1969, having had issue, one daughter:
        
        a. Eva Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, Hungary, 15^th March 1921. m. at Budapest, 1946, as his first wife, John Douglas Graham (b. at Budapest, 6^th July 1928; m. second, Nancy Cromwell Smith, by whom he had further issue, one son. m. third, Linda Marie Ohlson, by whom he had one daughter), educ. Piarist Fathers (BA 1944), Vienna's World Trade Univ., LSE, London, New York Inst. of Finance (MBA 1958), and Acad. of Real-Estate, Denver, Collarado, USA, employed with Allied Control Cmsn. at Budapest 1946, cmsnd. Royal Scots Greys, real-estate broker 1975, son of Colonel Hugh Merton Graham, MC, of Carthona, South Africa, by his wife, Ellen Charlotte [Mrs Tibor Eckhardt], daughter of Gyula, Baron Podmaniczky of Aszod & Podmanin. She had issue, two sons and one daughter:
        
        i. Robert Graham. b. 1947, educ. RMA Sandhurst. British intelligence officer.
        
        ii. Christopher Graham. b. 1949, educ. RMA Sandhurst. British Army officer.
        
        i. Anabel. b. 1950, educ. Oxford Univ. Teacher at the the Univ. of the Sorbonne, Paris.
        
        1. Margarete [Margit]. b. 1874. m. Major-General Rudolf Edler von Dokonal, late Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Army, cdt. No 8 Ulan Regt. "Count Auersperg" 1914-1916, prom. Maj-Gen. 19/11/1916, cdr. 8^th Cavalry Dvsn. 1916-1918. She d. ca. 1961, having had issue, two sons:
        
        a. Franz Edler von Dokonal. b. 1900. Settled in Brazil. m. Luisa, née Moebius. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        b. Arzen Edler von Dokonal. b. 1902. m. (first) Piroska Malonyay de Feleömutnik. m. (second) Eva, née von Walzer. He had issue, two sons:
        
        i. Ladislaus Edler von Dokonal.
        
        ii. Eugen Edler von Dokonal.
        
        2. Györgyi [Georgina] Dadanyi de Gyülvesz. b. 1874. She d. at Gyülvesz, 10^th September 1983.
        
        1. Renata Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1889. m. (first) Karoly [Karl] Scheff (d. November 1936), sometime Capt. of Dragoons. m. (second) Vilmos [Wilhelm] Klein. She d. 1983, having had issue, two daughters by her first husband:
        
        a. Xenia Eugenia Erzsebet. b. 1911. m. (first) Ferenc [Franz] Kecskemeti. m. (second) Erich Reichrath. She d. 1982, having had issue, two sons by her first husband:
        
        i. Istvan Vilmos Karoly Kecskemeti. b. 1934. m. Alexandrina (b. 1934; d. 2002). No issue.
        
        ii. Peter Maria Alexander John Kecskemeti. b. 1937. m. Judit (b. 1936; d. 1992). He had issue, one son: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        1a. Nicholas Kecskemeti. b. 1963. m. Delia (b. 1964), née Strejac. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        1b. Alexander Kecskemeti. b. 1995.
        
        1b. Judith Kecskemeti. b. 1997.
        
        b. Vera Scheff. b. 1913. m. (first) Dr Rudolf von Freyhold. m. (second) General Franz Poeschl. She d. 1994, having had issue, one son and one daughter by her first husband, and one son by her second husband:
        
        i. Dr.jur. Rüdiger von Freyhold. b. 1936.
        
        ii. Rudiger Poeschl.
        
        i. Uta von Freyhold. b. at Freibrug, Saxony, 13^th June 1936. m. at Hintersee bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, 6^th May 1961, as his first wife (div. at Muncih, 2^nd December 1976), H.S.H. Prince Max Egon Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. at Seregélyes, 27^th November 1924), second son of H.S.H. Prince Ludwig Erwein Gottfried Karl Eduard Maria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, of Rothenhaus, Bohemia, by his wife, H.S.H. Princess Amália Andrea Johanna Alexandra [Ilma], elder daughter of H.E. János Keleman Béla, Count Hadik von Futak zu Seregélyes, Prime Minister of Hungary for one day in 1918. She d. 2002, having had issue, a son and a daughter. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (i) An unnamed daughter who d. young.
        
        (ii) Constanze Dadányi de Gyülvesz [Constance, Countess Camille du Parc-Locmarià]. b. at Temesvár, Transylvania, 30^th March 1842. m. (first) Elek Parthsetich de Rákócsz (b. at Zombor, 1838). m. (second) Count Camille du Parc-Locmarià (m. third, Countess Anna Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht, née Bocholtz-Asseburg, and d. at Rubein Castle, Meran, Tyrol, 10^th January 1904), widower of Divan. She had issue, two sons by her first husband and two daughters by the second:
        
        1. Adorián Parthsetich de Rákócsz.
        
        2. Andreas Parthsetich de Rákócsz. b. 1864. m. Anna, née Tarnai. He had issue, a son:
        
        a. Gábor Parthsetich de Rákócsz. b. 1912. m. Edit, née Szikora.
        
        1. Countess Risa du Parc-Locmarià. m. (first) Apolinar de Ujesky. m. (second) Johann, Baron Hohenbühel called Heufler zu Rasen. She had issue, two daughters by her second husband:
        
        a. Baroness Michaela Hohenbühel called Heufler zu Rasen. unm.
        
        b. Baroness Maria Constansia Hohenbühel called Heufler zu Rasen.
        
        2. Countess … du Parc-Locmarià. She d. in infancy.
        
        (iii) Angélica Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1846. m. Hugó von Procopius. She d. at Alag, 27^th June 1940, having had issue, one daughter:
        
        1. Gerda von Procopius. m. Mihály Czernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi (b. 1868), youngest son of Arzen Czernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi, by his wife, Róza, née Anastasievics. She had issue, three sons and four daughters:
        
        a. Pal Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. b. 1902 (twin). m. Jeanne, daughter of Emeric György Gyika de Dézsánfalva. He d. 1938.
        
        b. Iván Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. b. 1902 (twin). He d. 1935. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        c. Arzen Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. b. 1898. m. Dolly, née Adams. He d.s.p. 1961.
        
        a. Laura Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi.
        
        b. Róza Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. She d. unm.
        
        c. Constansia Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. m. Dr Gustav de Vicenti.
        
        d. Xenia Csernovits de Mácsa et Kisoroszi. m. Gábor Betegh de Csíktusnád. She had issue:
        
        i. Gábor Betegh de Csíktusnád. He was k-i-a. 1945.
        
        i. Maria Betegh de Csíktusnád [Countess Maria Teleki]. b. at Kolozsvár, Kolozs, 16^th November 1936. m. at Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures), Transylvania, Rumania, 16^th August 1958, Count Mihály Teleki (b. at Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, Rumania, 27^th February 1935; d. at Kolozsvár, Kolozs, 9^th June 1986), elder son of Count Mihály Teleki, of Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, by his wife, Countess Erzsébet Aimée, daughter of H.E. Kálmán Imre Lajos Ágost, 1^st Count Tisza de Boros-Jeno et Szeged, sometime Prime Minister of Hungary. She had issue, two sons.
        
        (iv) Ifigénia [Jenny] Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1^st September 1856 (d/o Evfrossinia). m. Felix Umlauft, sometime Kaiserlicher Rat and Bank director. She had issue, one son and three daughters:
        
        1. Felix Umlauft. b. at Vienna, 6^th July 1877. Borneo.
        
        1. Irene Umlauft. b. at Vienna, 4^th August 1875. m. …Hanus. She had issue, one son: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        a. Felix Hanus. He d. unm.
        
        2. Thea Umlauft. b. at Vienna, 10^th July 1879. m. Dr Heinrich Mataja, sometime Minister under Chancellor Dolfuss.
        
        3. Constancia Umlauft. b. at Vienna, 17^th July 1881. m. Dr Edmund Weiss. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        a. Dr Wolf-Dieter Weiss.
        
        b. Renata Weiss. m. Capt. Schwerdemaaker, of Holland. She had issue, one child.
      - (b) Sándor Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1819 (s/o Erzsébet). m. (first) Teréz, née Malenicza de Stamora. m. (second) Eufrozsina [Róza] (b. 1821; d. at Berekszó, 22^nd July 1868), second daughter of Janos Emánuel Gyika de Dézsánfalva, by his second wife, Katalin, née Damaszkin de Németi. He d. at Gyülvesz, Temesvár, Transylvania, 25^th May 1881, having had issue:
        
        (i) Major Lajos [Ludwig] Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Gyülvesz, 25^th October 1850. Maj. of Hussars, Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Lifeguards. Rcvd: several orders & decorations. He d. unm. in hospital at Arad, Transylvania, 4^th February 1918 (bur. there).
        
        (ii) Captain Sándor Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Gyülvesz, Transylvania, 15^th October 1851. Capt. of Hussars, Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Army, served at Versec in the Bánát and then in Komárom. m. Erzsébet Katalin Maria (b. 30^th December 1870), daughter of Emilián Zivkovich, by his wife, Erzsébet, daughter of János Pilta. He d. at Miskolc, 6^th December 1926 (bur. there at the Orthodox Church Cemetery), having had issue, three sons and one daughter: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        1. Dr Sándor Emil Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Magyarbél, 1900. m. (first) at Szobránc, 20^th June 1924, Klára (b. at Szobránc, 5^th May 1905), née Csuha de Eürdöghfalva, by whom he had issue, one daughter. m. (second) Klára, née von Kölcsey. He d. on active service, at Mezonvárád, 10^th July 1944, having had issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife:
        
        a. Sándor Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Sajószentpéter, Hungary, 23^rd November 1931. He d. at San Francisco, California, USA, 19^th October 1958.
        
        a. Dóra Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Borsod, Hungary, 1925. m. (first) István Fazekas. m. (second) Ágostan Fazekas. She had issue, three sons by her first husband:
        
        i. Alexander Fazekas. b. 1947.
        
        ii. István Fazekas. b. 1948.
        
        iii. Tomas Fazekas. b. 1951.
        
        b. Johanna Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 7^th May 1935.
        
        2. Miklós József Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Magyarbél, 3^rd March 1902. m. at Ónod, 23^rd August 1932, Mária (b. at Vienna, Austria, 5^th April 1913; d. at Budapest, Hungary, 24^th November 1996, bur. at the Miskolc Orthodox temple), eldest daughter of József Semsey de Semse, by his wife, Dóra, daughter of László Melczer. He d. at Budapest, Hungary, 15^th October 1975, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        a. Miklós Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 9^th August 1935. m. at Budapest, 4^th August 1962, Márta (b. 4^th April 1942), née Jánoskuti. He had issue, two sons:
        
        i. Miklós Naum Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 21^st April 1967. Orthodox deacon. m. Andrea (b. 10^th January 1970), daughter of Lajos Tóth, by his wife, Klára, née Strommel. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
        
        1a. Miklós Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 27^th June 1993.
        
        1a. Zsófia Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 28^th October 1998.
        
        2a. Nóra Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 2^nd July 2003.
        
        ii. Péter Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 12^th April 1972. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        a. Mária Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Budapest, 1^st August 1933. m. at Budapest, 1955, Dr. Tamás Isépy (b. at Barancs, Slovakia, 20^th March 1924; d. at Budapest, 2^nd April 2004), MP 1990-2004, State Sec. for Justice 1990-1994, Parliamentary Leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) 1995-1997, Vice-Presdt. Franco-Hungarian Interparliamentary Group, etc., elder son of István Isépy, by his wife, Klara, née Pilissy. She d. at Budapest, 10^th September 1990, having had issue, three daughters (Eszter (b. 1956), Zsuzsanna (b. 1959) and Mária (b. 1964).
        
        3. Janos M. Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 1906. He d. by suicide, unm. at Miskolc, 26^th January 1922 (bur. there).
        
        1. Mária Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. at Magyarbél, 9^th November 1903. m. at Miskolc, Borsod, Hungary, 9^th June 1923, Dr Bélá Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes (b. at Budapest, Hungary, 25^th March 1892; d. there, 11^th February 1965). She d. at Budapest, Hungary, 31^st January 1988, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
        
        a. Aladár Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes. b. 1929. m. Baroness Gabriela, née Reizenschtein.
        
        a. Erzsébet Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes. b. 1924.
        
        b. Margareta Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes. b. 1926. m. Dr Baron Otto Kruchina de Schwanberg.
        
        c. Caterina Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes. b. 1927. unm.
        
        d. Maria-Theresia Melczer de Eperjes et Kellemes. b. 1932. unm.
        
        (i) Erzsébet Dadányi de Gyülvesz. b. 30^th September 1857 (d/o Rosa). m. Iván Gyika de Dézsánfalva, elder son of Tivador Gyika de Dézsánfalva, by his wife, Alexandrin, daughter of Emanuel Rittberg. She was k. at Budapest, Hungary, 1945, having had issue, one son and two daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        1. Elemér Gyika de Dézsánfalva.
        
        1. Leona Gyika de Dézsánfalva.
        
        2. Ifigénia Gyika de Dézsánfalva.
      - (a) Perszida Dadányi de Gyülvesz (d/o the first wife?). m. Tótszegi Vank.
      - (b) Anasztázia [Tassy] Dadányi de Gyülvesz (d/o Erzsébet). m. István Karácsonyi [Stefan Karatson] de Ivánda (b. 1804), eldest son István Karácsonyi de Ivánda, by his wife, Cecilia, née Parcsetich de Rákócs. She d. at Rékas, 13^th November 1878, having had issue, one son:
        
        (i) Aladár Karatson de Ivánda. He d. 1860.
      - (c) Erzsébet Dadányi de Gyülvesz (d/o Erzsébet). m. Sabbas Vukovitch von Bereszo [Sebö Vukovics de Beregszo] (b. at Fiume, Italy, 20^th July 1811; d. at London, 17^th November 1872), Minister of Justice in the revolutionary government 1848-1849, a relation of the Queen Milena Vukotic of Montenegro. She d. 1892, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        (i) Gabriel Vukovits de Beregszo. m. Cristina, née Bogdan. He had issue, two daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        1. Elizabeth Vukovits de Beregszo. She d. unm.
        
        2. Ifigénia Vukovits de Beregszo. She d. unm. during WW2.
        
        (i) Maria Vukovits de Beregszo. m. Pal Urményi de Urmény. She had issue, two sons:
        
        1. Ferenc Urményi de Urmény. b. 1853. Imperial & Royal Chamberlain. Lieut. in the Austro-Hungarian Army Reserve. m. at Graz, Austria, 31^st July 1897, H.S.H. Princess Sophie Maria Josepha (b. at Berlin, Prussia, 29^th March 1873; d. at Graz, Austria, 2^nd May 1957), eldest daughter of H.S.H. Prince Aloys of Lichtenstein, sometime Sec. of Legation and Mbr. of the Austrian House of Lords, by his first wife, H.S.H. Princess Mary, adopted daughter of The Rt Hon Henry Edward (Fox), 4^th Baron Holland, sometime Ambassador to Austria and Min. Plen. to the German Confederation. He d. at Baden, near Vienna, Austria, 11^th February 1934.
        
        2. Bernhardus Urményi de Urmény. m. Alicia, née Cietta. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
        
        a. Bernhardus Urményi de Urmény.
        
        b. Pal Urményi de Urmény. unm.
        
        a. Erzsébet Urményi de Urmény. unm.

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