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The [[Baron]] '''Cseszneky de Milvány''' is a title of nobility held by the Cseszneky family (in Hungarian also spelled: Cseszneki or Csesznegi, and in Croatian: Česnegić) which was a [[Hungarian]] noble family in [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Croatia]]. The family got its name after the village of [[Csesznek]].
The [[Count]] '''Cseszneky de Milvány''' is a title of nobility held by the Cseszneky family (in Croatian: Česnegić) which was a [[Hungarian]] noble family in [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Croatia]]. The family got its name after the village of [[Csesznek]].
The family descend from the [[Pecheneg]] clan Koppán-Bána and its members excelled mostly in the field of military.
The family descend from the Bána Clan and its members excelled mostly in the field of military.
==Coat of arms and motto==
The traditional coat of arms of the family consisted of a simple blason representing a dove as it can be seen in Count [[Mátyás Cseszneky]]'s seal from 1597.<ref>Frederik Federmayer: The heraldic seals collection, 2001</ref>
King [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] by a royal patent dated on 8 March 1626 in [[Vienna]] granted to [[Benedek Cseszneky]], his wife, Sára Kánya de Budafalva, also to Jakab Patonyi and his wife, Anna Kánya, furthermore to Boldizsár Kánya and his sister, Erzsébet a different coat of arms showing a pelican feeding her young with her blood.<ref>Alapi Gyula: Komárom vármegye nemes családjai, Komárom, 1911</ref> Nevertheless, most of the family members continued using some sort of the ancient coat of arms with the dove.
The current comital standard was established in 1943. The family motto is a quote from [[Virgil]]'s [[The Aeneid]]: ''Virtutem extendere factis'' (We extend our virtue by our deeds).<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/csesznekycsalad/ Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek]</ref>
==Sources==
==Sources==
*Kempelen Béla: Magyar nemes családok
*Kempelen Béla: Magyar nemes családok
*Ferenczy Zoltán: Magyar arisztokrácia
*Ferenczy Zoltán: Magyar arisztokrácia
==Notes==
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