Countess Antónia Erzsébet Valburga Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (Cífer, Kingdom of Hungary, 14 July 1816 – Dáka, Kingdom of Hungary, 25 September 1888) was a Hungarian noblewoman best known as the wife of Lajos Batthyány, the first Prime Minister of Hungary who was executed for this participation in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Life Early life Countess Antónia Erzsébet Valburga Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő was born into an old Hungarian aristocrat family on 14 July 1816 in Cífer, Kingdom of Hungary (today Cífer, Slovakia). Her father, Count Károly Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1785-1876) served as an imperial and royal chamberlain and was a landowner. Her paternal grandparents were Count Ferenc Zichy (1749-1812) and Countess Maria Anna von Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1753-1805). Her mother was Countess Antónia Batthyány de Németújvár (1789-1825). Her maternal grandparents were Count János Nepomuk Battyhány de Németújvár (1745-1831), a landowner, and Countess Maria Johanna Antonia zu Herberstein (1766-1838). Her godparents were János Knapich royal chamberlain and his wife, Anna Szilágyi. She was the sixth of nine children born into her parents' marriage. She had wife older siblings: Anna, who married Prince August Odescalchi, Mária (1810-1838), who married Baron Wilhelm von Walterskirchen, Antal, who was born in 1811 and died at a young age, Karolina, born in 1812 and died young and József (1814-1897), who married Melanie von Metternich-Winneburg. Her younger siblings were Károly (1817-1832), Karolina (1818-1903), who married Count György Károlyi de Nagykároly and János Nepomuk (1820-1911), who married Baroness Irma Kray de Krajova and Topolya. Married life Countess Zichy married Count Lajos Battyhány de Németújvár on 4 December 1834, in Pozsony (today Bratislava, Slovakia). They lived at the Battyhány Castle in Ikervár. Their son, Elemér, was born in 1846. Lajos Battyhány was active in Hungarian politics and became the first president of the Opposition Party when it was formed in 1847. In early 1848, he was a member of the delegation sent to Vienna to King Ferdinand V, who, on March 17, entrusted him with forming the first Hungarian government. Thus, Battyhány became the first independent Prime Minister of Hungary. The countess accompanied her husband to Pest and actively supported the revolution. On 2 October, upon seeing that he couldn't reach a compromise with the Viennese court, Battyhány resigned, but continued his service in the military. On 9 January 1849, as they were having dinner with the countess' sister, Karolina, Battyhány was arrested. The family