Teleki

Coat of arms of Counts Teleki de Szék

Teleki is the name of an old Hungarian noble family whose members, for centuries, occupied many important positions in the Principality of Transylvania, in the Holy Roman Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

History

The family was originally called Garázda as they originated from Goražde, today's Bosnia and Hercegovina and was first mentioned in the 14th century. Szilágyi family is said to be collateral branch of this family. When Anna, the only member of one Székely branch of the Garázda family, married to Mihály Garázda, called Teleki, member of another existing family branch, their descendants left the name Garázda, and from then on they used the suffix Teleki de Szék. Members of the Teleki family bear the title Imperial Count which was given to them by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1697.

Properties of Teleki family

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  Teleki Castle, Gornești

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  Teleki-Mocioni Castle, Arad

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  Teleki-Wattay Castle, Hungary

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  Teleki Castle, Târgu Mureș

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  Teleki Castle, Glodeni

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  Teleki Castle, Szirák

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  Teleki Castle, Gyömrő

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  Tisza-Teleki Castle, Nagykovácsi

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  Teleki Palace, Budapest

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  Teleki Castle, Kővárhosszúfalu

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  Teleki Castle, Satulung

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  Teleki Castle, Coltău

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  Teleki Castle Posmuș

Notable members of the family

• Teleki de Szék family
  • Count Mihály Teleki (1634–1690), Chancellor of Transylvania
  • Count Sámuel Teleki (de Szék) (1739–1822), chancellor of Transylvania, founder of the Teleki library
  • Count Ádám Teleki de Szék (1789–1851), honvéd general in the revolution of 1848 (hu)
  • Count József Teleki de Szék (1790–1855), jurist and historian, first President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Count László Teleki IV (de Szék) (1811–1861), politician and writer
  • Count Géza Teleki de Szék (1843–1913), Hungarian politician
  • Count Sámuel Teleki (de Szék) (1845–1916), explorer
  • Countess Margit Teleki de Szék (1860–1922), Hungarian noblewoman and prime minister's wife
  • Count Pál Teleki (de Szék) (1879–1941), prime minister of Hungary
  • Count Mihály Teleki de Szék (1896–1991), Hungarian politician
  • Count Géza Teleki de Szék (1911–1983), athlete, politician, academic geologist
• Pál Teleki (1906–1985), Hungarian footballer
• Gyula Teleki (born Tiegelmann, 1928), a Hungarian national football player, coach

Place names

• Teleki, a village in Somogy county

Other

• Teleki(-Bolyai) Library (est. 1802) (Latin: Bibliotheca Telekiana)
• Teleki Blanka Gymnasium (est. 1873), school in Budapest

See also

• Telek (Romanian: Teleac), means "crossing"
• List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary

External links

• Sources regarding the history of the Teleki de Szék family