| House of Révay | |
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| Country | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | early 13th century |
| Founder | Jakab de Ryva |
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| Estate(s) | Szklabinya,Blatnica,Mosóc |
| Cadet branches | Révay de Trebosztó |
TheRévay family was aHungarian noble family, who owned estates inTuróc county, theKingdom of Hungary (Turiec region in today'sSlovakia) until the early 20th century.[1] Their property included i.a. theRococo-classical manor house in Mošovce, the so-calledOldManor house demolished in the middle of the 20th century, theNoblemen'sMansion and thepark inMošovce, a castle inBlatnica, lands and a castle inSklabiňa, as well as a manor-house with a park inTurčianska Štiavnička.
The Révay family has been known since the 13th century. The first known ancestor of the family was calledComes Jakab (Count Jakab) in the early 13th century.[2] The main estates of the family were situated in the region ofSyrmia until the Ottoman occupation of southern Hungary. In 1556 and 1635 the family was promoted toBarons and on 17 June 1723 toCounts. The coat of arms of theMasters de Reva, which can be seen at thefaçade of their manor house, is composed of awolfTenné growing from acrown ofOr, holding threeroses.Mošovce became the property of the Révay family in 1534, six years after the donation of theKing of Hungary,Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. The last member of the family, who resided in Mošovce, wascountFerenc Révay. Today the descendants of the family live inTrnava,Bratislava,Graz as well as inHungary. The last letter of the name is sometimes "i" instead of "y" in some printed versions or as an affair of modernization in the late 19th century Kingdom of Hungary.
AfterWorld War II, the property of the Révay family in Turiec was nationalized. In 1993, the niece of Ladislav Révay, the last of the counts, filed a request for the restitution of their property. The request ended up in court as the Révay family and the state had differing opinions as to the extent of their claim. In 2001 the restitution claim of the Révays was rejected by the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic. 5 years later, however, theEuropean Court of Human Rights inStrasbourg issued a ruling allowing the matter to proceed, thus opening a possibility for a reconciliation of both parties. This resulted in a financial compensation of the state for the husband andwife[citation needed] of Ladislav Révay's niece (who died in 1995) in the amount of SKK 150 million (just under 5 million EUR).[3]
In Sweden, the family is considered part of theunintroduced nobility.
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