Tasziló Festetics


Prince Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was a member of the Hungarian noble family of Festetics. He was born in Vienna, the son of Count György Festetics de Tolna, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary from 1867 to 1871, and Countess Eugénia Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló.
In 1880 Festetics married Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, former wife of Albert I, Prince of Monaco. The couple had four children:
On 21 June 1911 Count Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was made a Prince with the style Serene Highness by King Francis Joseph I of Hungary. He died at Festetics Palace, Keszthely, the day before his 83rd birthday. His grandson Georg is the current head of the house.