{"id":11354,"date":"2021-10-24T18:19:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-17\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:55:28","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Kissb\u00e9r den 17 8<sup>ber<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">1809<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Euer Gnaden, Liebster Bester Vater!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich danke Euer Gnaden tausendmahl f\u00fcr den Brief den Euer Gnaden mir das letztemahl schickten. Die beyden andern an Obristen Festetich<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> und an den Lieben Louis habe ich eine halbe stunde darauf expedirt, da eben der Rittmeister Csoh\u00e1nyi<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> Adjutant des Palatin einige Depechen an Feldmarchal Lieutenant Mechery<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a> nach Papa \u00fcberschickte, von wo die Oedenburger Division nicht mehr weit liegt. Daher bin ich ohne Sorge, da\u00df die beyden Briefe in der gr\u00f6\u00dften Geschwindigkeit<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> ihr Ziel erreicht werden haben. Ich habe das Gl\u00fcck diesen Briefen morgen nach Papa nachzufolgen, da eine Gegend zu den gro\u00dfen Exercicium<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a><sup>1<\/sup> was uns noch bevorstehet, ausgesucht werden mu\u00df, und ich auch zu diesen Gesch\u00e4ft beordert bin. ich gefreue mich sehr, da ich gewi\u00df Gelegenheit haben werde meinen Brudern Louis zu sehen: die Gesch\u00e4fte werden unsere Zeit gewi\u00df g\u00e4nzlich rauben, doch werde ich sicher etwelche Minutten finden, um meinen Besten Vater, den ich so viel Dankbarkeit<sup>1<\/sup> schuldig bin, meiner innigsten Liebe und Ehrfurcht zu versichern, der theuresten Mutter, der ich die Hand tausendmahl k\u00fcsse, danke ich tausendmahl f\u00fcr die Vestie<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> da unsere Kleider auf den Winter, in so schlechten Quartieren ohnehin zu leicht sind. Unsere Pferde sind Gott sey Lob und Dank recht gesund. Izt<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> bitte ich um den Segen, und k\u00fcsse den Lieben Ferdinand<a href=\"#_edn5\">[e]<\/a> Sophie<a href=\"#_edn6\">[f]<\/a> Louise<a href=\"#_edn7\">[g]<\/a> und Marie<a href=\"#_edn8\">[h]<\/a> tausendmahl, zuletzt bitte ich auch um den Segen meiner Besten Mutter und bleibe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Euer Gnaden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Dankbarster Sohn Steph<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> One word deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Instead of Weste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> A variant of the archaic form \u2018itzt\u2019 of the determiner \u2019jetzt\u2019 used by Sz\u00e9chenyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> Stephan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> Count Ign\u00e1c Festetics (1761\u20131826) was the colonel of the independent cavalry troops in Sopron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> J\u00f3zsef Csoh\u00e1ny (1777 c. \u2013 after 1812), captain in the hussars regiment of the palatine, aide-de-camp to the palatine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> Baron D\u00e1niel Mecs\u00e9ry (1759\u20131823), lieutenant general, commander-in-chief of the Transdanubian district of the noble insurrection army and holder of the Order of Maria Theresa,\u2019 Commander\u2019s Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> See the next letter written on 27 October 1809.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\">[e]<\/a> His brother-in-law Count Ferdinand Zichy (1783\u20121869) General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref6\">[f]<\/a> His sister Zs\u00f3fia Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi (1788\u20131865).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref7\">[g]<\/a> His sister-in-law Countess Aloysia Clam-Gallas (1781\u20131822).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref8\">[h]<\/a> His cousin Countess M\u00e1ria Anna Barbara Desfours (1788\u2013?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<br>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Kisb\u00e9r, 17 October 1809. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He thanks his father for his latest letter. The letters to Colonel Festetics and to his brother Lajos were dispatched half an hour after their arrival, with the mail that Captain Csoh\u00e1ny, the assistant officer of the archduke, had sent to Lieutenant General Mecs\u00e9ry in P\u00e1pa. Tomorrow he himself will go after these letters, because for the great military exercise which lies ahead of them, a suitable field must be selected near P\u00e1pa, and he will take part in this. He is glad to have the opportunity to see his brother Lajos again. The task will take up a lot of his time, but he will also have a few minutes to write a letter to his father and mother, whom he thanks for the waistcoat they sent him for the winter. Their horses are healthy. He sends kisses to the members of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3370,3402],"tags":[3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3474],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3414],"place_of_publication":[3480],"class_list":["post-11354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-kisber-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-39-en","place_of_publication-zichy-20-21-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11357,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11354\/revisions\/11357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11354"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}