{"id":11700,"date":"2021-11-12T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-85\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:55:08","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Geschrieben in Paris den 4 Ma\u00ff 1814.<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mein guter Vater, in diesen Augenblick gehe ich von hier mit den F\u00fcrst Windischgr\u00e4tz<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> nach Sardinien. \u2013 es ist eine der interessantesten Missionen die er bekam, n\u00e4mlich den K\u00f6nig von Sardinien in sein Reich wieder einzusetzen,<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> und hatte die Freundschaft, f\u00fcr mich um die n\u00f6thige Erlaubni\u00df beym F\u00fcrst Schwarzenberg<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a> und Metternich<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a> einzukommen, und mich mit zu nehmen; Wie wohl ich des Reisens ganz ungemein m\u00fcde bin und gerne zu den Meinigen kommen wollte, so war\u2018s mir doch unm\u00f6glich die\u00df so sch\u00f6ne Gelegenheit vorbey ziehen zu lassen, ohne sie zu ben\u00fctzen, \u2014 und besonders da diese Reise mich keinesweges aufhalten wird, eben so geschwind zu den lieben Eltern zu kommen, als wenn ich hier 4 Wochen noch blieb, und dan Tag f\u00fcr Tag mit meinen Pferden wie ein Schneck gegen mein liebes Vaterland kriechen w\u00fcrde \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indessen, lieber guter Vater, bitte ich f\u00fcr diese kleine Unternehmung um den Segen, wie auch den meiner lieben theuren Mutter: es wird eine sch\u00f6ne, eine belehrende Reise f\u00fcr mich seyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Da ich von meinen lieben Eltern seit unsern Einzug gar nichts wei\u00df, so bin ich gezwungen gewesen indessen von den Banquier Herz<a href=\"#_edn5\">[e]<\/a> 100 Ducaten und von Leitersdorfer<a href=\"#_edn6\">[f]<\/a> 1250 fl<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> C. M.<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> zu nehmen, da mein Sejour<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> hier sehr viel kostete; nun da ich mit F.<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Windischgr\u00e4tz nach Sardinien und von da \u00fcber Neapel nach Wien gehen werde, mu\u00df ich heute noch 200 Ducaten auf jeden m\u00f6glichen Fall beym Herz mir geben lassen, das hei\u00dft, wenn ich das Gl\u00fcck habe ihm zu finden, wo nicht \u2014 so wird mir F.<a href=\"#_ftn6\">[6]<\/a>Windischgr\u00e4tz das Nothwendige indessen geben. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meine lieben, lieben Eltern bald sehen wir uns wieder \u2014 der gute Sohn S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> florins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Conventions M\u00fcnzen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> French: staying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> F\u00fcrsten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> F\u00fcrst<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> Prince Alfred Windischgr\u00e4tz (1787\u20131862), imperial-royal field marshal, commander of the 8th Curassier Cavalry Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> It was through this embassy that Victor Emmanuel I (1759\u20131824), the ousted king of Sardinia (1802\u20131821), was called upon by the victorious allies to reclaim his throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> Prince Karl Schwarzenberg (1771\u20131820) Austrian field marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> Prince Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1773\u20131859) was an Austrian statesman, Foreign Minister of Austria from 1809, chancellor of state (1821\u20131848) and a leading figure in Austrian politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\">[e]<\/a> Herz banker in Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref6\">[f]<\/a> Leitersdorfer banker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, 4 May 1814. 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 is leaving immediately for Sardinia with Prince Windischgr\u00e4tz. The prince has been given the interesting task of leading the Sardinian king back to his kingdom. This journey will not detain him from a speedy return home, as it is no more time-consuming than staying in Paris for another four weeks. Since his entry into Paris, he has heard nothing from his loved ones, and has had to borrow 100 ducats from the banker Herz, and 1.250 forints in change from Leitersdorf, for the expenses of his costly household.<\/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":[3426,3544],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3649],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3665],"place_of_publication":[3666],"class_list":["post-11700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","tag-money","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-paris","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-58-en","place_of_publication-zichy-141-142-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700","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=11700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}