Countess Margit Teleki de Szék (2 December 1860 – 26 January 1922) was a Hungarian noblewoman, wife of Prime Minister Károly Khuen-Héderváry.

Margit Teleki
Countess of Szék
Countess Teleki in 1903
Full name
Countess Margit Teleki de Szék
Born(1860-12-02)2 December 1860
Gyömrő, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died26 January 1922(1922-01-26) (aged 61)
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Noble familyHouse of Teleki
Spouse(s)Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár
IssueCount Sándor Khuen-Héderváry
Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry Jr.
FatherCount Sándor Teleki de Szék
MotherCountess Jozefina Teleki de Szék

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She was born into a wealthy aristocratic Transylvanian family in 1860 as the third child of Sándor (1829–1875) and Jozefina Teleki (1838–1915). One of her brothers was József, a Member of Parliament.

Margit Teleki married Khuen-Héderváry on 6 September 1880. They had two children: Sándor (1881–1946)[1] and Károly the Younger (1888–1960).[2]

She died on 26 January 1922 in Budapest, four years after her husband's death.

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  2. ^ Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K). ed. Ágnes Kenyeres. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó. 1967. p. 914.

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