Albin Csáky Explained

Albin Csáky
Order:Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
Term Start:22 September 1888
Term End:10 June 1894
Predecessor:Gábor Baross
Successor:Loránd Eötvös
Birth Date:1841 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Korompa, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Liberal Party (1887-1898, 1899-1906)
National Party of Work (1906-1912)
Spouse:Anna Bolza
Children:István
Mária
László
Eleonóra
Károly
Ilona
Imre

Count Albin Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (19 April 1841 – 15 December 1912) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1888 and 1894. He finished his secondary school studies in Lőcse, then he learnt in Kassa. He became representative of the Diet of Hungary in 1862. 1900–1906 and 1910–1912 he served as Speaker of the House of Magnates.

Early life

Born into a prominent Hungarian noble family, Albin Csáky was the second son of Count Ágost Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (1803–1883) and his wife, Baroness Iphigenia Prónay de Tótpróna et Blatnicza (1807-1874).

Career

As minister for religion and education in 1890, Csáky introduced an ordinance to enforce the existing mixed-marriage laws, which stipulated that children of mixed marriages should be baptised in the faith corresponding to the parent of the same sex. The Catholic Church had been regularly defying these laws, and Csáky hoped to bring an end to this, but his actions provoked a strong hostile reaction from the Church.[1]

Family

On 24 September 1866 in Szarvas, he was married to Countess Anna Bolza (1847-1925), daughter of Count István Bolza (1817-1880) and his wife, Countess Alojzia Vay de Vaja et Luskod (124-1849). They had six children:

References

Notes and References

  1. Nemes, R., "The uncivil origins of civil marriage: Hungary", in Clark, C., & Kaiser, W., (eds.), Culture Wars: Secular-Catholic Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Europe, 2003, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 313–335.