Marie Festetics

Countess Marie Festetics von Tolna (1839–1923), was an Austro-Hungarian Countess, aristocrat, diarist, lady-in-waiting and by birth member of an old and distinguished House of Festetics.

Marie Festetics

Ancestry

Born in Tolna, she was the daughter of Count Sandor Festetics de Tolna (1805–1877) and Baroness Josephine von Boxberg (1811–1892).

Imperial Court Lady

She served as lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth of Austria from 1870, and became one of the favorites and confidantes of the Empress. Her diaries are regarded as an important source of the Imperial Austrian court. She was also a noted diarist.

gollark: That seems more like "iterate from 1 to n" than "iterate through list with index".
gollark: Why not `for i, arg in enumerate(arg)` like Python?
gollark: Those would be words, gibson. Nobody dislikes words.
gollark: The NAP array processor?
gollark: No, I would say "funlolz™", get it the right way round.

References

  • Gudula Walterskirchen, Beatrix Meyer (Hrsg.): Das Tagebuch der Gräfin Marie Festetics. Kaiserin Elisabeths intimste Freundin. Residenz-Verl. St. Pölten 2014, ISBN 978-3-7017-3338-5.
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