The House of Nádasdy, also spelled Nadasdy in English, is a major Hungarian aristocratic family whose roots reach into the Middle Ages.[1] The house motto is, "Si desu pro nobis quis contra nos," ("If God is for us, who can be against us?"). The Nadasdy family made a large contribution to the development of Hungarian printing. The Nadasdy Hussars, a regiment named after the family, developed a strategy incorporating lightly armed and fast-moving cavalry that was internationally adopted.[2]
The name is first encountered in the early part of the 13th century, that of Imre (descendant of Darabos de Nádasd) and his sons, Stefánd, Tódor, and Valkomer. Another important member, deceased before 1275, was Simon Nádasdy. Frequently mentioned in family records between 1324 and 1376 is Pető Gersei, who was married to Margit Hidvégi, is considered the progenitor of the family "Pethő de Gerse". In 1229, Petan sold most of his land to a member of the family Nádasdy. The buyer and his three sons, Vencel/Venceslav, Raszló/Vraslav and László/Ladislav, now partially used the predicate of Pethenegh. Laszlo Nádasdy of Pethenegh (c. 1236) is the progenitor of main line Nádasdy.
Of its many holdings, the family held the Nádasdy Castle in Sárvár, Hungary, the Csejte Castle, in Čachtice, Slovakia which is situated on a hill adjacent to a nature reserve, and the Nádasdy Castle in Nádasdladány, Hungary.
| Name & Last name | Age | Origin | Périod | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferenc Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld | 71 | Hungary | 1470–1541 | Baron and Count |
| Orsolya Véssey | Hungary | Married to Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Tamás Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld | 64 | Hungary | 1498–1562 | Baron and Ban of Croatia, főispán, Palatine of Hungary |
| Orsolya Kanizsai | Hungary | Married to Tamás Nádasdy | ||
| František, Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd | 49 | Hungary | 1555–1604 | Count, general, the son of Tamás I Nádasdy. |
| Coutess Erzsébet (Née Báthory) | 54 | Hungary | 1560–1614 | Married to František, Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd |
| Pavol, Pal Nádasdy | 57 | Hungary | 1593–1650 | Father and son of Hungarian nobles |
| Judith Nádasdy (Née Revay) | 53 | Hungary | 1590–1643 | Married to à Pavol/Pal Nádasdy |
| Francis, Ferenc Nádasdy III Nadásdi | 48 | Austria | 1623–1671 | Count, Judge Royal of the Kingdom, a great patron of and opponent to the Habsburgs. |
| Anna Julia Nádasdy (Née Esterhazy) | Austria | Married to Ferenc Nádasdy III, mother of many children. | ||
| Pál Nádasdy | 1650 – ???? | Son of Hungarian nobles | ||
| Jan Nadásdy | Son of Pál Nádasdy | |||
| Joseph Nadásdy | 50 | Hungary | 1717–1767 | Great-grandson of Francis, Ferenc Nádasdy III Nadásdi |
| Támas Nadásdy (2) | Descendant of the family Nádasdy | |||
| Anna Nádasdy (Née Nádasdy?) | Hungary | 1792 – ??? | Her child bears her surname and not that of the father | |
| Comte Lipót Nádasdy | 72 | Hungary | 1801–1873 | Significant Count Hungary |
| Francis Nadásdy (1) | 50 | Hungary | 1864–1914 | Great-grandson of Támas Nasdy (2) |
| Lajos Nadásdy | 58 | Hungary | 1887–1945 | Great-grandson of Lipót Nádasdy Count |
| Francis Nadásdy ² | 40 | Poland | 1889–1929 | |
| Kálmán Nádasdy | 76 | Hungary | 1904–1980 | Direct descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy. Was also 4th cousin thrice removed from Francis Nádasdy ² |
| Pál Nádasdy | 64 | Hungary | 1910–1974 | Great-grandson of Count Lipót Nádasdy |
| Lajos Nádasdy ² | 101 | Hungary | 1913–2014 | |
| Jan Nádasdy (2) | 80 | France | 1918–1998 | Left Hungary at the age of 4 and immigrated to France. Was the son of Francis Nádasdy ² |
| Hungary – France | 1939 – | Countess Nádasdy, has lived in Austria, in Hungary and in France | ||
| Henri Vajda-Nádasdy | 68 | France | 1946–2014 | He bear the surnames of both parents |
| Ádám Nádasdy | 75 | Hungary | 1947 – | Linguist, and son of Kálmán Nádasdy |
| Jean Vajda-Nádasdy | 40 | France | 1974–2014 | Father of Nina, Clara, Laure Déborah Vajda-Nádasdy and other.. |
| Hungary | Children of the current countess and direct descendants of Ferenc Nádasdy | |||
| Anikó Nádasdy-Nagyné Bálint | Hungary | 1985 – | Worked at Budapest Gyógyfürdői | |
| Zoli Nádasdy | Hungary | Married to Éva Nádasdy-Erdélyi and descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Éva Nádasdy-Erdélyi | Hungary | Married to Zoli Nádasdy and assistant in primary education | ||
| Héléna Nádasdy | Brazil | Direct descendant to Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Ludovicus J Nádasdy | United States | Affiliation to the family is unproven | ||
| Tamás Nádasdy | Roumania | Student in pharmacy and medicine | ||
| Úrsula Nádasdy | Spain | 1995 – | Biochemistry student and direct descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | |
| Amanda Nádasdy | Slovakia | Student and direct descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Ángela Pino Nádasdy | Chile | 1995 – | Student in graphic design and direct descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | |
| Siblings Vajda-Nádasdy | France | Direct descendants 17 generations from Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Richard Nádasdy | Hungary | 1996 – | Descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy and an agricultural student | |
| Balázs Nádasdy | Hungary | Student and direct descendant Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Katalin Nadasdy | Mexico | Direct descendant 17 generations from Ferenc Nádasdy | ||
| Bárthory Nádasdy | Germany | 1999 – | High school student and descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | |
| Hungary | Grandchildren of the current countess and direct descendants of Ferenc Nádasdy | |||
| Matyi Nádasdy-Nagyné | Hungary | 2014 – | Daughter Aniko Nádasdy – Nagyné and descendant of Ferenc Nádasdy | |
| Katalin Nadasdy-Ban - descendant from Kalman Nadasdy-BanGrandchildren are Zold, Beke, Balazs |
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