Talk:Ferenc József, Prince Koháry of Csábrág and Szitnya

I think that Ferenc is the correct one, not Ferencz, so you may move this to Ferenc József Koháry de Csábrág. Aris de Methymna (talk) 20:29, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Was he Jewish?

Certainly he was raised a Roman Catholic, but:

Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 86, Number 54, 21 October 1893

King Ferdinand of Portugal, the grandfather of the present King, had, himself, as grandfather, a Hungarian Hebrew named Kohary, whose daughter and heiress married Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg. King Carlos of Portugal is therefore of indubitably Jewish descent, and so, too, is Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, whose features are remarkably Hebraic, and who is a grandson of old Kohary's heiress. A second of the latter's grandsous, Duke Philip of Saxe-Coburg, is wedded to the eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, while a third, Augustus by name, married a daughter of the late Emperor Doin Pedro of Brazil. It is one of the grand-daughters of the Kohary heiress who is wedded to the Archduke Joseph of Austria, while another has become the wile of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, the brother of the Empress of Austria and the ex-i^ueon of Naples. Queen Victoria's favorite son-in-law, Prince Henry of Battenburg, is a great grandson of a converted Jew named Hauke, established in Poland, and whose son won his way into the favor of the Grand Duke Constantino of Russia.

Not the first time a newspaper would have been wrong, but is this so, or not? And if not, was the story widespread? I have seen it elsewhere. 88.84.2.117 (talk) 12:26, 2 January 2020 (UTC)