The Bertha de Felsőőr family (or Felső-Eőr in the Middle Ages) is a still existing Hungarian noble family from Vas county, who moved to Sopron and Zala counties also. The family received noble title in exchange for his service as a border guard at Oberwart (Felsőőr). The family's nobility was confirmed on July 1, 1327, by Charles I.Codex diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis, Volume: Tomi VIII. Vol. 3., Buda, 1832Gyula Balogh: Vas vármegye nemes családai, 16. p., Szombathely, 1901Tibor Almási: Anjou age, Certificate store, XI. 1327, Budapest–Szeged, 1997 The first documented family name version (felső-eőri Bertha) was on January 18, 1582, by Rudolf II in Pressburg, when the family members were Márton, Mihály and Ferenc Bertha.Royal Books: A 57 - Hungarian Chancellery Archives - Libri regii - Volume 4. - 267 - 268. p.Royal Books: A 57 - Hungarian Chancellery Archives - Libri regii - Volume 6. - 269 - 271. p.Illésy's family history database
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Notable family members
Ignác Bertha (1780-1847), vice-ispán of the county of Vas (alispán of Vas), landowner Antal Bertha (1808-1874), Prothonotary of the county of Vas, emissary of the county of Vas, landowner György Bertha (1841-1905), emissary of the county of Vas, supreme chief magistrate of the district of Pornói (főszolgabíró) in the county of Vas. Sándor Bertha (1796-1877), royal officer, ministerial adviser Sándor Bertha (1843-1912), composer, pianist, writer János Bertha, principal of the Szombathely manor János Tádé Bertha (1757-1837), swore chief magistrate of county of Vas Julianna Bertha (1817-1873) - József Széll (1801-1871), ispán-regent of Vas county Kálmán Széll, Prime Minister of Hungary Mária Emilia Bertha (1820-1890) - Ferdinánd Chernel (1815-1891), vice-ispán of Vas county Klára Bertha (1748-1772) - Antal Sibrik (1737-1797), vice-ispán of Győr Erzsébet Sibrik (1768-1803) - Ferenc Deák (1761–1808), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district (főszolgabíró) of Kapornak Ferenc Deák Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice
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Márton Szluha, Vas vármegye nemes családjai, I. volume, 167–169. p., Heraldika Publisher, 2011 Szluha Márton, Vas vármegye nemes családjai, II. volume, 25. p., Heraldika Publisher, 2012 Iván Nagy, Magyarország családai, 34-35. p., Pest: István Friebeisz, 1858 Márton Kovács, A felsőőri magyar népsziget, Budapest, 1942 dr. Ede Reiszig, Vasvármegye nemes családjai Imre Soós, Ősi sopronmegyei nemzetségek, Sopron, 1967
External links Family's website