Károly Zichy

Count Károly József Franz Xaver Kasimir Johann von Nepomuk Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (4 March 1753 – 28 September 1826) was a Hungarian aristocrat, who served as Austrian war minister in 1809 and minister of the interior from 1813 to 1814.

Early life Count Zichy was born in Pressburg on 4 March 1753. He was the son of Count István Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1715–1769), and Countess Marie Cecilie von Stubenberg (1725–1763).

Personal life On 12 February 1776 in Vienna, Zichy married Countess Anna Maria Khevenhüller-Metsch (1759–1809), a daughter of Johann Sigismund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch, 2nd Prince von Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Princess Maria Amalia Susanna of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein). Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including: Count Miklós Zichy (1796–1856), who married Baroness Julianna von Loë, a daughter of Edmund von Loë-Imstenraedt and Marie Alexandrine von Merveldt, in 1820. Countess Karoline Zichy (1802–1885), who died unmarried. and Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1805–1854), who was the third wife of Prince Klemens von Metternich (parents of Princess Melanie Metternich-Zichy).