Ferenc Károlyi

Count Ferenc Károlyi de Nagykároly (20 June 1705 – 14 August 1758), was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier.

Early life Károlyi was born on 20 June 1705 at his family's castle in Olcsva in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was the only surviving son of Count Sándor Károlyi de Nagykároly (1669–1743) and Countess Krisztina Barkóczy de Szalai (1671–1724). His elder brother, László, had been appointed by King Leopold I of Hungary at the age of 13 as the hereditary governor of Szatmár County in the event of his father's resignation or death, but predeceased their father in 1710. His sister, Countess Klára Károlyi de Nagykároly, was the wife of Count Gábor Haller de Hallerkeõ. His father was a general of Francis II Rákóczi during the War of Independence and later negotiated the Treaty of Szatmár, which guaranteed autonomy to the Hungarian nobles.

War of the Austrian Succession In 1744, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Trans-Tisza Region, including during the War of the Austrian Succession during which he supported Maria Theresa. After the War of Succession, he was appointed General of Cavalry (General der Kavallerie) in 1748. In the meantime, his public duties increased as he was appointed privy councilor in 1745, and as a judge of the seven-person board. Countess Eva Károlyi de Nagykároly (1730–1799), who married Count József von Starhemberg, a son of Count Franz Wolfgang Anton Joseph Eustach von Starhemberg, in 1754. Antal Károlyi de Nagykároly (1732–1791), who married Jozefa Antalné von Harruckern, a daughter of Baron Johann Franz Dominik Bernhard von Harruckern, in 1757.

After a long illness, his wife died on 28 February 1736 and her funeral was held at Kaplony (Căpleni). Károlyi died on 14 August 1758 at Károlyi Castle in Carei.