the movie, the Sound of Music
Descendant of Illona Zrínyi, Croatian & Hungarian national heroine
Engineer, Robert Whitehead
Politician & Philanthropist,
Count Istvan Széchenyi
Dr. Thilenius came from a long line of medical doctors and founded the family branch specializing in Balneology (study of medical springs)
17th & 18th century Croatian-Hungarian freedom-fighter remembered today as a national heroine
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Historical Figure: 6x-great-uncle, Count Istvan Széchenyi
- Encyclopedia Britannica - István, Count Széchenyi: Hungarian political reformer and writer
- Hungarian National Museum - The founding of the museum, patron Count Ferenc Széchényi, 7x-great-grandfather
One of the world's most beloved, enduring, and popular musicals of all times
Shela directly descends from multiple historic legacies. She is a great-granddaughter of Baron Captain Georg von Trapp, World War I Austro-Hungarian naval hero and father of the von Trapp children—whose family's life story inspired the world-renowned play and movie, The Sound of Music—and his first wife Agathe Gobertina Whitehead, granddaughter of British engineer Robert Whitehead, inventor of the torpedo. Shela is a granddaughter of Baroness Johanna von Trapp of the Trapp Family Choir and Trapp Family Singers, later portrayed as the second youngest von Trapp child, 'Marta', in the play and movie. Her ancestors also are Hungarian & Croatian dynasties and national heroes: Esterházy, Erdödy, Pálffy, Széchenyi, Rákóczy, Zrínyi, and Frangepán.
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Countess Katarina Frankopan Zrinska, 11x-great-grandmother
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Count Fran Krsto Frankopan, 11x-great-grandfather
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Count Pétar Zrinski and Count Nikola Zrinski, 12x-great-uncles
17th century historical figures remembered for their efforts toward Croatian and Hungarian independence from the Habsburg Empire
Photo: © 21st Century Fox
von Trapp
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Parents to the von Trapp children portrayed in the play and movie, The Sound of music
Naval Heritage, Georg & Agathe
- Rodgers and Hammerstein - Our Shows: The Sound of Music
- 20th Century Fox - 1965 Movie Trailer
- IMBd - Awards List
- vonTrapp.org - The Sound of Music History: from reality to legend
Artistic Nahl Family
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Historical Figures: Nahl family of artists, through 4x-great-grandmother, Clementine Emilie Nahl
- January 1937, University of Berkeley, California Art Research Project - The Nahl Family: eight generations of artists
Shela Gobertina von Trapp
Photo: Courtesy of von Trapp family
Croatian & Hungarian
Poets And Heros
Photo: Courtesy of Whitehead family
von Trapp
Széchenyi was a respected national statesman and today is known as “the Greatest Hungarian”
Agathe's grandfather, Robert Whitehead, was a British engineering and inventor of the torpedo
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Historical Figures: Prince Ferenc Rákóczy, 10x-great-uncle, and Count Janos Pálffy, 9x-great-grandfather
- Encyclopedia Britannica - Ferenc Rákóczi, II: Prince of Transylvania
- Rákóczi Múzeuma, Sarospatak, Hungary [website is in Hungarian] - Website
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Baron Captain Georg von Trapp: World War I Austro-Hungarian Naval hero
- vonTrapp.org - von Trapp family coat-of-arms
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Agathe Gobertina Whitehead, Baroness von Trapp— Georg's first wife: accomplished musician, loving mother, and dedicated naval wife
Marta
17th to 19th century Swiss and Duchy of Hesse (today Germany) family of artists
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Robert Whitehead: Hope to end all wars
- Encyclopedia Britannic - Robert Whitehead
- November 1905, The Engineer Magazine - Robert Whitehead's Obituary
- PRO TORPEDO Rijeka - Biography by Edwyn Gray
Medical Thilenius Family
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Medical Lineage - Thilenius family, through 5x-great-grandfather, Dr. Moritz Gerhard Thilenius
- Lauterbacher Anzeiger, Hessen Newspaper [article is German] - Dr. M.G. Thilenius works with Mayor in the 18th century
The real von Trapp family's story inspired the play and movie, The Sound of Music
Photo: © Georg & Agathe Foundation
FREEDOM-FIGHTER,
Princess Illona Zrinyi
Sharing insights from notable legacies
17th & 18th century Hungarian independence freedom-fighter against the Habsburg Empire
- Georg & Agathe Foundation - Princess Ilona Zrínyi, 10x-great-grandmother
- Consulate General of Hungary, New York, USA - Famous women in Hungarian history
- Encyclopedia.com - Zrinyi, Ilona
freedom-Fighter,
Prince Ferenc II Rákóczy
MULTIPLE LEGACIES
Musicians, von Trapp Children
Johanna
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