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Old Jul 9th 2017, 7:44 am
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I suspect that our ancestors at the time of Disraeli and Gladstone were better informed about Hungary than we are. How many of us have even heard of Lajos Kossuth ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_...#Great_Britain
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Old Jul 11th 2017, 12:05 pm
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Hoping to dig out the details of the great man's visit to Edinburgh. heading for the archives now.
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While I am on the subject how many have sworn allegiance to thecurrent pretender to the throne ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_von_Habsburg
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https://libcom.org/library/hungary-56-andy-anderson

On the events of 1956. I wasas a teen in the 1960s, interested in Imre Nagy and the role he played in these tragic events.
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Has anyone bumped into one of these people ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_nobility
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Yes but not wiling to Post Here as it's controversial digger47
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Originally Posted by scot47
I suspect that our ancestors at the time of Disraeli and Gladstone were better informed about Hungary than we are. How many of us have even heard of Lajos
Yes, funny that!
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Yes, funny that!
Not really as wishing to now exactly watt Information and sum not being a Topic for all Eyes and Ears digger47
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I would love to hear some gossip about the Esterhazy Family !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterh%C3%A1zy
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I would love to hear some gossip about the Esterhazy Family !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterh%C3%A1zy
And the Bathorys, and the Almassys, beyond the obvious!
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And who can tell us about Admiral Horthy ? An admiral in a state that had no access to the sea !
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And who can tell us about Admiral Horthy ? An admiral in a state that had no access to the sea !
An enterprise that was not entirely successful.
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It worked for him. And he was not executed by the Allies after 1945.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy


His title of course included Nagybanya - a place firmly in Romania since the Treaty of Trianon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_Mare

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Originally Posted by scot47
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy


His title of course included Nagybanya - a place firmly in Romania since the Treaty of Trianon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_Mare
Some modern Hungarian history, this lady was related to Horthy -

"Our story" by Dalma Pálóczi Horváth Takács?
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