Katinka Andrássy

Countess Katalin Károlyi (née Countess Katalin Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai; 21 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Mihály Károlyi, who served as Prime Minister then President of the First Hungarian Republic after the First World War.

They lived abroad since 1919. She was called by political opponents as Red Countess after her husband.

Family
Her father was Count Tivadar Andrássy, a politician and painter, eldest son of Prime Minister of Hungary Gyula Andrássy. She was named after her grandmother, Countess Katinka Kendeffy. She had three sisters: Ilona, Borbála and Klára (or Kája).

She married Count Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) on 7 November 1914 in Budapest. According to Hungarian tradition, she wore the name of her husband. They had three children: Éva, Ádám and Judit.

Films

 * The Red Countess, a 1985 Hungarian drama film directed by András Kovács.