Kállay family explained

Kállay family is a Hungarian noble family. The family name derived from their estates at Nagy-Kalló, in Szabolcs, and they claimed descent from the Hungarian Balogh-Semjén genus (clan), which colonized the counties of Borsod, Szabolcs, and Szatmár, at the close of the 9th century.^[1] János Kállay de Nagy-Kálló was given the title Count by Hungarian Queen Maria Theresa in 1778, but the comital line became extinct.^[2]

• Béni Kállay de Nagykálló (German: link=no|Benjamin von Kállay; 1839 – 1903), Austro-Hungarian statesman
• Tibor Kállay de Nagykálló (1881–1964), Hungarian politician
• Miklós Kállay de Nagykálló (1887, Nyíregyháza – 1967, New York City), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II
• András Kállay-Saunders (born 1985), Hungarian-American singer, songwriter, and record producer

See also

• List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary

Notes and References

1. Hugh Chisholm, The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 15, The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1911
2. Magyar Kancelláriai Levéltár – Acta generalia – 1778 – N°. 1224