Nádasdy Mausoleum

The title page of the Nádasdy Mausoleum

The Nádasdy Mausoleum is a series of full-length portraits of Hun and Hungarian leaders and kings published in Nuremberg in 1664 at the expense of Count Ferenc Nádasdy under the title: Mausoleum potentissimorum ac gloriosissimorum Regni Apostolici Regum et primorum militantis Ungariae Ducum (The Mausoleum of the Most Powerful and Glorious Apostolic Kingdom and the Kings and Military Leaders of Hungary). The depictions of the Hungarian kings are complemented by descriptions in Latin and German.

Count Ferenc Nádasdy (1625–1671) was the lord-lieutenant of counties of Vas, Zala and Sopron, and lord chief justice of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1655–1670. He was one of the country's richest and most educated lords, a patron of science and art, his name is associated with the publication of this series of engravings.

The chronicle

The engravings are followed by Latin eulogies about the depicted person, followed by a relatively faithful, but in some cases very mannered German translation.

Illustrations

The chronicle including with the title page contains 60 full-page images made with mixed techniques (engraving and etching). The images are listed in the same order as their appearance in the chronicle.

Illustration Description
Keve, 1st Prince of HungaryKeve, 1st Prince of the Huns
  • Captain Keve of the Huns.
Kadicsa, 2nd Prince of HungaryKadicsa, 2nd Prince of the Huns
Keme, 3rd Prince of HungaryKeme, the 3rd Prince of the Huns, Military Judge
Béla, 4th Prince of HungaryBéla, 4th Prince of the Huns, Defeated the Romans, Prince Macrinus, Leader of Pannonia
Buda, 5th Prince of HungaryBuda, 5th Prince of the Huns
Attila, King of HungaryAttila, King of the Huns, Medes, Dacians, the Fear of the World, the Scourge of God
  • King Attila of the Hunnic Empire.
Árpád, 7th Prince of HungaryÁrpád, 1st Captain of Hungary
  • Árpád, Grand Prince of the Hungarians.
Szabolcs, 8th Prince of HungarySzabolcs, 2nd Captain of Hungary
Gyula, 9th Prince of HungaryGyula, 3rd Captain of Hungary
Kund, 10th Prince of HungaryKund, 4th Captain of Hungary
Lehel, 11th Prince of HungaryLehel, 5th Captain of Hungary
Vérbulcsú, 12th Prince of HungaryVérbulcsú, 6th Captain of Hungary
Örs, 13th Prince of HungaryÖrs, 7th Captain of Hungary
Géza, Prince of Hungarian ChristiansGéza, 1st Prince of the Christian Hungary
  • Grand Prince Géza of Hungary.
Saint Stephen, 1st Christian King of HungarySaint Stephen, Apostle and 1st King of Hungary
Peter, 2nd King of HungaryPeter, 2nd King of Hungary
Aba, 3rd King of HungaryAba, 3rd King of Hungary
Andrew, 4th King of HungaryAndrew I, 4th King of Hungary
Béla, 5th King of HungaryBéla I, 5th King of Hungary
Solomon, 6th King of HungarySolomon, 6th King of Hungary
Géza, 7th King of HungaryGéza I, 7th King of Hungary
Saint Ladislaus, 8th King of HungarySaint Ladislaus I, 8th King of Hungary
Coloman, 9th King of HungaryColoman, 9th King of Hungary
Stephen II, 10th King of HungaryStephen II, 10th King of Hungary
Béla II, 11th King of HungaryBéla II the Blind, 11th King of Hungary
Géza II, 12th King of HungaryGéza II, 12th King of Hungary
Stephen III, 13th King of HungaryStephen III, 13th King of Hungary
Ladislaus II, 14th King of HungaryLadislaus II, 14th King of Hungary
Stephen IV, 15th King of HungaryStephen IV, 15th King of Hungary
Béla III, 16th King of HungaryBéla III, 16th King of Hungary
Emeric, 17th King of HungaryEmeric, 17th King of Hungary
Ladislaus III, 18th King of HungaryLadislaus III, 18th King of Hungary
Andrew II, 19th King of HungaryAndrew II, 19th King of Hungary
Béla IV, 20th King of HungaryBéla IV, 20th King of Hungary
Stephen V, 21st King of HungaryStephen V, 21st King of Hungary
Ladislaus IV, 22nd King of HungaryLadislaus IV, 22nd King of Hungary
Andrew III, 23rd King of HungaryAndrew III the Venetian, 23rd King of Hungary
Wenceslaus, 24th King of HungaryWenceslaus, 24th King of Hungary
Otto, 25th King of HungaryOtto the Bavarian, 25th King of Hungary
  • King Otto of Hungary.
Charles I, 26th King of HungaryCharles I, 26th King of Hungary
Louis I, 27th King of HungaryLouis I, 27th King of Hungary
Mary, 28th King of HungaryMary, 28th King of Hungary
  • Queen Mary of Hungary.
Charles II, 29th King of HungaryCharles II the Short, 29th King of Hungary
Sigismund, 30th King of HungarySigismund the Emperor, 30th King of Hungary
Albert, 31st King of HungaryAlbert the Emperor, 31st King of Hungary
Ladislaus V, 32nd King of HungaryLadislaus V the Posthumous, 32nd King of Hungary
Vladislaus I, 33rd King of HungaryVladislaus I the Polish, 33rd King of Hungary
John Hunyadi, Governor of HungaryJohn Hunyadi, Governor of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus, 34th King of HungaryMatthias I Corvinus, 34th King of Hungary
Vladislaus II, 35th King of HungaryVladislaus II, 35th King of Hungary
Louis II, 36th King of HungaryLouis II, 36th King of Hungary
John Zápolya, 37th King of HungaryJohn Zápolya, 37th King of Hungary
Ferdinand I, 38th King of HungaryFerdinand I, 38th King of Hungary
Maximilian, 39th King of HungaryMaximilian, 39th King of Hungary
Rudolph, 40th King of HungaryRudolph, 40th King of Hungary
Matthias II, 41st King of HungaryMatthias II, 41st King of Hungary
Ferdinand II, 42nd King of HungaryFerdinand II, 42nd King of Hungary
Ferdinand III, 43rd King of HungaryFerdinand III, 43rd King of Hungary
Ferdinand IV, 44th King of HungaryFerdinand IV, 44th King of Hungary

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Kőszeghy, Péter. A Nádasdy-Mausoleum (Fatum Pannoniae) (in Hungarian).
  2. ^ a b "Nádasdy Ferenc: 'Magyarország hatalmas és dicső királyai'".
  3. ^ Jókayné Bozsó, Szilvia (6 June 2007). "Magyar királyok ábrázolása a Nádasdy Mausoleumban" (PDF). Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Kiadói szerkesztő. I.

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