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Nationality
  
Hungarian


Name
  
Heder Viczay

Heder Viczay

Born
  
August 2, 1807
Hedervar, Kingdom of Hungary

Died
  
December 23, 1873(1873-12-23) (aged 66) Hedervar, Austria-Hungary

Occupation
  
traveler, archaeologist

Count Héder Viczay de Loós et Hédervár (August 2, 1807 – December 23, 1873) was a Hungarian traveler, amateur archaeologist, collector, Imperial and Royal Privy Councillor. He was the last member of the old noble Viczay family.

Background

His parents were Count Ferenc Viczay, an Imperial and Royal Chamberlain and Countess Amália Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő. He had three siblings:

  • Károly (1802–1867): Imperial and Royal Privy Councillor, he married Mária Khuen, aunt of later Prime Minister Károly Khuen-Héderváry, in 1829.
  • Adolf (1804–1873): uhlan captain, his wife was Leokádia Anasztázia Lichnovszky since 1837.
  • Antónia (1812–1903): Her first husband was Count Pál Esterházy (1806–1857), the second was Adolf Mengen, an Imperial and Royal Major General.

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