Name Krisztina Nyary | ||
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Spouse(s) Count Imre Thurzo de Bethlenfalva (1618–1621)Count Miklos Esterhazy de Galantha (1624–1641) Noble family House of NyaryHouse of ThurzoHouse of Esterhazy Father Baron Pal Nyary de Bedegh Mother Katalin Varday de Kisvarda Born October 31, 1604Kisvarda, Kingdom of Hungary ( 1604-10-31 ) Died February 17, 1641(1641-02-17) (aged 36)Sempte, Kingdom of Hungary(today: Sintava, Slovakia) |
Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh (31 October 1604 – 17 February 1641) was the daughter of Baron Pál Nyáry and Katalin Várday de Kisvárda. She was the second wife of Palatine Nikolaus, Count Esterházy. Her son, among others, Paul I, Prince Esterházy.
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Life

She was born on 31 October 1604 as the youngest child of Pál Nyáry, the castellan of Várad (Nagyvárad; today: Oradea, Romania), Ispán (Count; comes) of Bihar and Közép-Szolnok Counties.
First marriage

Baroness Krisztina married to Count Imre Thurzó, only son of Palatine György Thurzó. Imre was the last male member of the Thurzó family. Their wedding was held in Helmec on 15 November 1618. The marriage was highly luxurious during that time, which was celebrated by Péter Alvinci. They had two daughters:
Second marriage
Count Imre died suddenly in 1621, as a result the House of Thurzó extinct in the male line. She converted to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism. The widow, promising a rich heritage, married Count Nikolaus (Miklós) Esterházy (1583–1645) for the second time in Szucsány (today: Sučany, Slovakia) on 21 July 1624. The wedding ceremony was celebrated by Péter Pázmány, the Archbishop of Esztergom. The marriage produced the following children:
The family's court chaplain was the Jesuit Mátyás (Matthias) Hajnal, who recommended his devotional book of Jesus' Heart, published in Vienna, 1629, to Krisztina Nyáry. That work is a precious memorial of the beginning of the Hungarian Baroque literature. Krisztina's diary is also a literary value work.
Baroness Krisztina died on 17 February 1641, survived by her husband who did not remarry.