Born in Tolna, Hungary, into an old and distinguished House of Festetics, she was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Count Sandor Festetics von Tolna (1805–1877) and his wife, Baroness Josephine von Boxberg (1811–1892).
Imperial Lady-in-waitingedit
She served as lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth of Austria from 1870, and became one of the favorites and confidantes of the Empress. She was also a noted diarist and her diaries are regarded as an important source of the Imperial Austrian court.
Referencesedit
Gudula Walterskirchen, Beatrix Meyer (Hrsg.): Das Tagebuch der Gräfin Marie Festetics. Kaiserin Elisabeths intimste Freundin. Residenz-Verl. St. Pölten 2014, ISBN978-3-7017-3338-5.
Beatrix Meyer: Kaiserin Elisabeth und ihr Ungarn. Allitera. München 2019, ISBN 978-3-96233-130-6.
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