{"id":11370,"date":"2021-10-25T07:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T07:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-20\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:14:46","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Euer Gnaden, Liebster Bester Vater!<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vergebens machte ich mir die Hoffnung meine theuresten \u00c4ltern hier zu finden, allein das Soldaten Schicksall ist immer das n\u00e4mliche, er wei\u00df nie voraus zu rechnen. und so mu\u00df er sich auch zufrieden stellen, wenn manichmahl seine liebsten und hei\u00dfesten W\u00fcnsche nicht erf\u00fcllt werden; ich war recht zufrieden in M\u00e4hren allein bin ich auch froh es zu verlassen. da ich f\u00fcr mich noch unbekannte Gegenden werden kennen lernen, was mich um so mehr freut da es mein Vaterland ist wohin ich komme: das einzige schmertzt mich, da\u00df ich von meinen Besten \u00c4ltern und Geschwistern so weit entfernet bin und sie vielleicht nicht so bald sehen werde k\u00f6nnen: f\u00fchrt uns dan aber die Vorsicht zusammen, so wird die Freude um so gr\u00f6\u00dfer seyn. Der Brief den Euer Gnaden mir schreiben machte mir sehr gro\u00dfe Freude, die V\u00e4terliche Ermanung wird immer in mein innerstes eingeschlossen bleiben. ich bin noch zwar Jung, allein mein bester Vater wird wegen mir gewi\u00df keinen Kummer <em>haben<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> den meiner rechtschaffenen vor \u00c4ltern theures bluth flie\u00dft ja auch in meinen Adern, und wie h\u00e4tte ich alle die V\u00e4terlichen Ermanungen, f\u00fcr die ich immer dankbar seyn werde, und die mich immer so r\u00fchrten, so leicht vergessen k\u00f6nnen? Wenn wir uns <em>wieder<\/em><sup>1<\/sup> sehen werden hat mein Liebster Vater mir gewi\u00df keinen Vorwurf zu machen, den<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> f\u00fcr meine \u00c4ltern kann ich ja alles, sellbst mein leben Opfern. Der Sattel ist heute in Pest angekommen, er wird Euer Gnaden recht viele uncomodit\u00e4t gemacht haben, ich danke tausendmahl f\u00fcr ihn. Nun bitte ich um den Segen und bleibe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Euer Gnaden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Dankbarster Sohn Stepherl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pest den 3 Jul\u00ff 1800<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Inserted afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Instead of denn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi wrote on the cover page of the following bundle of letters: &#8220;Briefe meiner guten S\u00f6hne Louis u Stefi. \u2013 Jene hob ich auf, um das zutrauliche zu zeigen u mich daran zu erg\u00f6zen, mit welchen mein guter Louis sein Herz gegen seine Eltern aussch\u00fcttete, als Er v der Ung Kammer zur Hof Kammer uebersetzt zu werden gewunschen hat. Auch ist unter diesen Schriften das tr\u00f6stende Schreiben seines Praesidenten Semsey an mich u an dem Hof Kammer Praesidenten Gr Vallis, welche beide Briefe nach meinem Tode in das Archiv (seiner S\u00f6hne wegen) gesetzt zu werden verdienen. Gott lasse Ihn an seinen Kindern den Trost erleben, den Er mir machte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Briefe des Stefi hob ich auf, um zu zeigen, da\u00df Er nebst seinen Wanderungen u einem, jeder Jugend eigenen Leichtsinn dennoch gerne mit seinem alten Vattern Briefe wechselte, u dadurch ein Herz zeigte, welches sich auch gegen seine Geschwisters u anverwandte nicht minder gut \u00e4ussern werde. Gott st\u00e4rke ihn dabei! Auch ist diesen Briefen ein Schreiben des Gen Merveld beigelegt.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(The part concerning Istv\u00e1n: \u201cI have preserved Stefi\u2019s letters to show how, in addition to his wanderings and the frivolity so characteristic of youth, he was so fond of exchanging letters with his old father. I hope that the kindness he showed in his letters will be no less towards his brothers and relatives. May God strengthen him in this! I have also enclosed with these letters a letter from General Merveldt.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi was transferred to the 7th Hussar Regiment after the dissolution of the noble insurrection, at his father\u2019s intervention. After more than four months of leave, he reported to the regiment commander, Colonel Ferenc Vlassits, with his father\u2019s letter of recommendation. The hussar regiment, named after the Duke of Liechtenstein, was stationed in the eastern part of Moravia, near Magyarbr\u00f3d, close to the Hungarian border. The regiment was ordered by Lieutenant General Mecs\u00e9ry, the cavalry inspector, to move to Arad County for inspection. According to the letter above, they were already in Pest on 3 July. A letter from Captain Antal Stephaits to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi indicates that the march lasted \u201calmost a day and a half\u201d. As they reached their destination, Vil\u00e1gos, on 21 July, they must have left their station at Magyarbr\u00f3d in mid-June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9chenyi, Pest, 3 July 1810. 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>Despite his hopes to meet his parents, he could not find them in Pest. He had a good time in Moravia, but he didn&#8217;t regret having to leave. He is glad to have been able to see unknown lands, and in his own country, but he regrets that he is so far from his loved ones, whom he may not see again soon. He thanks his father for his letter, and heeds his admonition not to disappoint or grieve his parents. He has received the saddle in Pest, and is thankful.<\/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":[3405],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3487],"place_of_publication":[3488],"class_list":["post-11370","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-pest-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-41-16-en","place_of_publication-zichy-33-34-kovacs-kormendy-mazi-oplatka-24-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11370","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=11370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11373,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11370\/revisions\/11373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11370"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}