Baron Albert Nyáry

* Hontbagonya, June 30, 1828 – † Budapest, January 1, 1886 / historian, archivist, heraldist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father, Antal Nyáry (1803–1877), was a lawyer, politician, and crown guard. Between 1844 and 1848, he studied history and later law at the University of Pest. As a student, he joined the Young Hungary, a group of reform-minded youth, and in March 1848, he was one of the drafters of the 12 Points. He served as a military officer in the 1848/49 War of Independence, and from May 1849, he was briefly an aide-de-camp to Lajos Kossuth with the rank of lieutenant general. After the surrender of Világos, he emigrated to Italy and was also a member of Giuseppe Garibaldi's bodyguard. In 1859, he participated in the Sardinian-French-Austrian War as a captain of the Hungarian Legion. Between 1860 and 1867, he worked as a secretary for Prince Henri Crony-Chanel and spent his free time diving in archives. In 1867, he returned to Hungary and engaged in historical and heraldic research. He primarily researched and published archival sources relating to the history and cultural relations of medieval Hungary. His heraldic research is also significant. Even during his years in Italy, he studied the Hippolit Codes of Modena (Cardinal Ippolito d’ Este or Hippolit Estei, Archbishop of Esztergom, then Bishop of Eger39) and based on this, he outlined the cultural relations of Renaissance Hungary in the 15th and 16th centuries. He also gave a lecture on this at his academic chair inauguration in 1873. He also dealt extensively with Hungarian heraldry, and wrote a summary, but he never saw it published. He published regularly in the journals Századunk and Turul, of which he was co-editor with László Fejérpataky (Prešov) between 1883 and 1886. Between 1876 and 1879 he edited the Archeologiai Értesítő together with Imre Henszlmann. He was an avid art collector, and his valuable porcelain collection included pieces from Holics, Tata, Kolozsvár, Batiz, but also from Germany (Meissen) and France (Sèvres). He was a founder and board member of several scientific societies (Hungarian Historical Society, Hungarian Heraldic and Genealogical Society). Several foreign heraldic societies also accepted him as a member. ; ; His main works: ; Days of the Hungarian Revolution I–II., 1848, ; Rights of the Árpáds, 1862, ; Posthumus István40 and the Legacy of the Evening, 1863, ; Diplomatic Memories from the Era of King Matthias 1458–1490 I–IV. (eds.: Iván Nagy, Albert Nyáry), 1875–1878, The Guiding Thread of Heraldry, 1886.