Cseszneky de Milvány
The Count Cseszneky de Milvány is a title of nobility held by the Cseszneky family (in Croatian: Česnegić), which was a Hungarian noble family in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia. The family took its name from the village of Csesznek.
The family descended from the Bána Clan, and its members excelled mostly in the military.
Coat of arms and motto
The traditional coat of arms of the family consisted of a simple blazon representing a dove, as can be seen in Count Mátyás Cseszneky's seal from 1597.[1]
King Ferdinand II, by a royal patent dated 8 March 1626 in Vienna, granted to Benedek Cseszneky, his wife Sára Kánya de Budafalva, also to Jakab Patonyi and his wife Anna Kánya, and to Boldizsár Kánya and his sister Erzsébet, a different coat of arms showing a pelican feeding her young with her blood.[2] Nevertheless, most of the family members continued using some sort of the ancient coat of arms with the dove.
The current comital standard was established in 1943. The family motto is a quote from Virgil's The Aeneid: Virtutem extendere factis (We extend our virtue by our deeds).[3]
Sources
- Kempelen Béla: Magyar nemes családok
- Ferenczy Zoltán: Magyar arisztokrácia
Notes
- ↑ Frederik Federmayer: The heraldic seals collection, 2001
- ↑ Alapi Gyula: Komárom vármegye nemes családjai, Komárom, 1911
- ↑ Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek