{"id":11810,"date":"2021-11-15T11:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T11:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-5\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T18:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:27:41","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-es-ferencne-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sz\u00e9chenyi’s parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

St. Giusto<\/em>[a]<\/u><\/a> dem 5 Ma\u04f1 1815.<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meine Lieben guten Eltern. Mir gehts wieder ein wenig besser und ich bin wenigstens im Stand die Campagne fort zu machen. Wir schlagen uns alle Tage.[b]<\/a> ich habe von meiner Escadron einen Officier und viele Gemeine verlohren, \u00fcbrigens kann ich in diesem Augenblick wo wir mit dem Feind immer vis-\u00e0-vis[2]<\/a> stehen das Regiment unm\u00f6glich verla\u00dfen.[c]<\/a> Es mag daraus auch entstehen was da will, so bleibe ich so lange in Italien bis der Krieg eine sichere tournure[3]<\/a> nimmt, den[4]<\/a> so handle ich nach meiner ehrlichen \u00dcberzeugung ~~ und so lange man das thut, bleibt das Innere doch ruhig \u2014 und mehr brauche ich f\u00fcr den Augenblick nicht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Neapolitanische Arm\u00e9e ist, ich wei\u00df \u00fcbrigens die Ursache nicht. so zu sagen aufgel\u00f6st \u2014 wir machen sehr viele Gefangene, und sie sind ohne Schlacht geschlagen \u2013. Sollte die Campagne hier bald enden, so w\u00e4re es ein gro\u00dfes Gl\u00fcck f\u00fcr mich zu F\u00fcrst Schwarzenberg[d]<\/a> zu kommen den4<\/sup> wahrscheinlich w\u00fcrde das Regiment in einem schrecklichen Nichtsthun<\/em>[5]<\/a> in Italien verbleiben, welches doch mein Wunsch nicht ist \u2014 Soll aber der Krieg lang noch w\u00e4hren \u2014 so kann ich von hier nicht weg, und werde durch verschiedene pretente[6]<\/a> Mittel finden hier zu verweilen \u2014 Alles die\u00df geht so gegen meinem Herzen die Innere=Stimme befiehlts aber so, und ich gehorche schweigend \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bevor ich aber zum F\u00fcrst Schwarzenberg gehe \u2014 mu\u00df ich wenigstens 2 Monathe in Wien zubringen \u2014 denn meine Gesundheit ist zu Grunde \u2014 und ohne der bin ich jeden zur Last. \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es kommen ja doch so viele Ungl\u00fccksf\u00e4lle in unsern Leben vor die Unausweichbar sind. \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nun liebe gute Eltern bitte ich um den Segen. \u2014 Ich sehe doch noch fr\u00f6hlich in die Zukunft. \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 An alle, die an mich denken, recht viel Sch\u00f6nes und Freundschaftliches.<\/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> French: face-to-face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Francia: turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

[6]<\/a> Latin: serving as an excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> San Giusto, an Italian town in the Papal States, near the Adriatic Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> The Austrian troops advanced without a fight until 2 May, and Murat only took up the fight at Tolentino. Sz\u00e9chenyi, still recovering from his horse fall, charged the enemy with his company, and forcing them to the line of his own infantry and artillery, he successfully covered the retreat of the Austrian outpost. At that time, he suffered another light wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> In letters written in the meantime, his father clearly urged him to accept Prince Schwarzenberg\u2019s offer and join the general staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> Prince Karl Schwarzenberg herceg (1771\u20131820) field marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to his parents San Giusto, 5 May 1815. 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 is feeling somewhat better and can now rejoin the campaign. He will stay in Italy until the war takes a decisive turn. The Neapolitan army is disbanded; many prisoners are taken without fighting. If the war were soon to end here, he would be glad to go to Prince Schwarzenberg, for he fears that his regiment will sink into terrible inactivity in time of peace, but if the fighting continues, he will stay here. Before going to Prince Schwarzenberg, it is imperative that he should spend two months in Vienna to regain his health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3427,3370,3402],"tags":[3541,3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3540],"place_of_writing":[3752],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3753],"place_of_publication":[3754],"class_list":["post-11810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-festetics_julia-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-health","tag-military","language-german","addressee-szechenyis-parents","place_of_writing-saint-giusto-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-44-41-en","place_of_publication-zichy-155-156-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810","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=11810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11816,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810\/revisions\/11816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}