{"id":11474,"date":"2021-11-06T09:23:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:59:49","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sz\u00e9chenyi’s parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geschrieben in Prag den 5ten <\/sup>Septem 1813<\/em>.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meine Liebe gute Eltern!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mit H\u00fclfe Gottes habe ich meine vorige Gesundheit und Kraft wieder erhalten, und \u00fcbermorgen in aller Fr\u00fch werde ich wieder trachten, den Aufenthalt meines Feldmarschall\u2019s, so geschwind wie m\u00f6glich zu erreichen \u2014 Vorgestern war sein Hauptquartier noch immer in Teplitz[a]<\/a> wo zugleich alle 3 gekr\u00f6nten H\u00e4upter[b]<\/a> zugegen waren. \u2014 Wie mir scheint werden unsere Operationen wieder gegen Dresden gerichtet seyn ~ und unsere erste Bem\u00fchung den Br\u00fcckenkopf von K\u00f6nigstein[c]<\/a> zu forcieren und zu nehmen; ein, f\u00fcr den Augenblick, sehr wichtiger Punct, der uns, wenn wir ihn schon[2]<\/a> in Besitz h\u00e4tten, jeden \u00dcbergang \u00fcber die Elbe, folglich jede m\u00f6gliche Bewegung sichern w\u00fcrde \u2014 Aus den Beygeschlo\u00dfenen Blatt sehen Euer Gnaden, da\u00df wir mit Bl\u00fccher,[d]<\/a> der bis jetzt mit seiner Arm\u00e9e Wunder wirkte, so zu sagen, vereinigt sind,[e]<\/a> und aus der Vereinigung d\u00fcrfen wir die besten resultate hoffen \u2014 obwohl Napoleon seine ganze Kraft anjetzt gegen den Kronprinzen von Sweden zu gebrauchen scheint \u2014 und uns bey Dresden und Bautzen den Marmont[f]<\/a> mit 80,000 Mann zu einiger Besch\u00e4ftigung zurucklie\u00df \u2014 Auch hofft man, da\u00df sich der weit schw\u00e4chere Kronprinz in keine entscheidende Schlacht mit den Kaiser von Frankreich einlassen wird \u2013 sondern ihm durch geschickte R\u00fcckz\u00fcge von den, aus der Ursache, so zu sagen, abandonirten Marmont, so weit wechlocken<\/em>,[3]<\/a>,<\/sup>[4]<\/a> da\u00df wir mit der combinirten Arm\u00e9e indessen Zeit gewinnen ~ Marmont\u2019s Schicksal mit den des, nun schon nach Tobolsk gef\u00fchrten Vandamme,[g]<\/a> zu ver\u00e4hnlichen<\/em>4<\/sup>[h]<\/a> \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Zahl der verwundeten Combinirten und Franzosen die sich jetzt in Prag schon angeh\u00e4uft haben, bel\u00e4uft sich beynahe auf 14,000\u2018 \u2014 Wie sich aber Prag menschenfreundlich und Liebreich wirklich \u00fcber alle Gr\u00e4nzen gegen diese Ungl\u00fcckliche benimmt, kann ich nicht genug r\u00fchmen \u2013 und wollte, da\u00df alle St\u00e4dte und Menschen, ein heilbringendes Beyspiel, an der Stadt Prag, die mir aus der Ursache lieb geworden, und in jedes Menschen Andenken stets bleiben wird, nehmen wollte \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ach, so sch\u00f6ne, so herrliche Aussichten in die Zukunft \u2014<\/strong> Wie? \u2013 wenn das alles wieder versiegte so nahe stehen wir an der Rettung der Menschheit \u2013 den[5]<\/a> schwer und gr\u00e4\u00dflich lastet des[6]<\/a> schrecklichen Tyrannen Gewalt, auf ihren gebeugten H\u00e4uptern \u2014<\/strong> Von der Gerechtigkeit und Liebe der Vorsicht hoffe ich alles, und von unsern Anstrengungen, die wir allm\u00e4hlich schwer, aber willig und freudig, vernehmen wollen, um unsern armen gedr\u00fcckten Nebenmenschen zu helfen, und freundschaftlich unser Hand ihnen reichen, um ihre sclaven ketten zu zerbrechen — unser Leben unser Verm\u00f6gen und Gl\u00fcck gerne weihen, und das bessere Leben sogar darbringen und opfern \u2014 um den Einklang<\/em>,1<\/sup> das einzige was uns gl\u00fccklich machen kann, froh stimmend in Europens Gr\u00e4nzen wieder herzustellen \u2013\u2013<\/strong> \u2014 Wenn, denn nun, nach froh geendigten Kampfe,6<\/sup> die Sieges Loorbeere unsere Krieger schm\u00fccken, und froh und heiter, wir unsere lang vermi\u00dften Freunde wieder sehen \u2014 oh, sch\u00f6ner Traum \u2014\u2013<\/strong> ich kann. dessen Gl\u00fcck, nicht ahnden \u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So bald ich einige fre\u00ffe Minutten habe, werde ich meinen lieben, mir so theuren Eltern Nachricht \u00fcber mich, und \u00fcber alles was ich wei\u00df, und Sagen, oder vielmehr schreiben darf genau Nachricht geben –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meine Briefe werden Euer Gnaden schon alle bekommen haben, die ich<\/em>[7]<\/a> aus Sachsen noch schrieb[i]<\/a> und den. den ich mit Ballabenes[j]<\/a> Schreiben einschlo\u00df[k]<\/a> \u2014 Ich bin mit allen Gottlob gut bestellt, und werde nun lang nichts ben\u00f6thigen, sehe aber auch ein, da\u00df ich mich, aus Gnaden meiner lieben Eltern, in hinsicht des Geldes, gut versorgt habe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durch einen Brief Carolinens[l]<\/a> erfuhr ich gestern, da\u00df die gute Fann\u00ff mit einer Tochter[m]<\/a> gl\u00fccklich entbunden sey, welches mich herzinniglich freut \u2014<\/strong> durch alle hin und her M\u00e4rsche habe ich sonst schon sehr lange Zeit keine Nachricht von meinen lieben6<\/sup> Eltern \u2014 Wollen Sie so gut seyn, mich mit einiger Nachricht zu begl\u00fccken so bitte ich die Briefe nur stets nach Prag zu senden \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Der ich den Segen bittend bleibe der<\/p>\n\n\n\n

getreue Sohn Stepherl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> Two letters deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Instead of weglocken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> Instead of denn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> One word deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> Inserted afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> A town in Bohemia, in the Biala Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> The three allied monarchs are Tsar Alexander of Russia, King Frederick William of Prussia and Francis I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. On 9 September, the three rulers and the English commissioners concluded a final treaty in which Austria, Russia, Prussia and England declared that they would not lay down their arms until Napoleon\u2019s rule west of the Rhine had been curbed, and each power undertook to make peace only together with its other allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> A town in Saxony, on the Elbe River, near the bohemian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> Baron Gebhard Leberecht von Bl\u00fccher (1742\u20131819) Prussian cavalry general. He commanded the Prussian-Russian army, the second army of the Allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> This was indeed the plan after the defeat in Dresden, but it was not carried out under the pressure of Bl\u00fccher\u2019s strong objections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Auguste Frideric Louis Viesse duc de Reguse Marmont (1774\u20131852) French general, went into exile after the fall of Charles X in 1830, after which he stayed in Vienna for a long time, and had some contacts with Sz\u00e9chenyi. In his work N\u00e9h\u00e1ny sz\u00f3 a l\u00f3verseny k\u00f6r\u00fcl (Some Words about Horse Racing), he attacks him for his theory of horse racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[g]<\/a> Count Dominique-Joseph Ren\u00e9 Vandamme (1770\u20131830) Napoleon\u2019s general. After the Battle of Dresden, he attacked the retreating Czech troops, at which point Prussian General Kleist attacked the French in the rear and captured him and his troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[h]<\/a> I. e. they want to catch him, like Vandamm. After Vandamme\u2019s capture, he was taken prisoner in Tobolsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[i]<\/a> The letters are not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[j]<\/a> Karl Balabene (1786\u2013?) banker in Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[k]<\/a> See the letter written on 3 September 1813. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[l]<\/a> His sister-in-law, the first wife of his brother P\u00e1l, Caroline Meade (1794\u20131820).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[m]<\/a> Zs\u00f3fia, the daughter of his sister Franciska was born at that time, but the child died at the age of three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended reference: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to his parents, Prague, 5 September 1813. 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":"

He has recovered his health and is leaving the day after tomorrow for the general’s quarters. The day before yesterday Schwarzenberg’s headquarters were at Teplitz, where the three monarchs met. He believes that they will again march on Dresden, their first operation being to besiege and subdue K\u00f6nigstein, which would enable them to cross the Elbe, and any further operations. In the newspaper enclosed with his letter, his father can learn how they managed to unite with Bl\u00fccher’s army, which had performed wonderful feats of warfare. Napoleon seems to be turning his whole force against the Swedish Crown Prince; they hope that the latter will not engage the French main force in a decisive battle, but will drive it away from Marmont’s auxiliaries by his continued retreat, while the combined forces of the allies gain time. As soon as possible, he will report to his parents on the latest developments. His financial problems have been solved, everything is well provided for. In a letter that he received from Carolina yesterday, he has learnt that Fanny has given birth to a baby girl, which he is very happy about. He has not heard from his parents for some time, owing to the frequent movements of the army, and asks to be written to in Prague..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3427,3370,3518,3402],"tags":[3381,3541,3426,3544],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3540],"place_of_writing":[3378],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3545],"place_of_publication":[3546],"class_list":["post-11474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-festetics_julia-en","category-csalad-en","category-ifjusag-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-family","tag-health","tag-military","tag-money","language-german","addressee-szechenyis-parents","place_of_writing-prague","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-9-en","place_of_publication-zichy-73-75-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474","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=11474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11477,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions\/11477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}