Andor Széchenyi

Who was Andor Széchenyi?

Count Széchenyi András Andor István Mária Béla de Sárvár-Felsővidék was a Hungarian nobleman and traveler. He was a grandson of Count István Széchenyi.

He was the first-born child of Ottoman Pasha Ödön Széchenyi and Irma Almay. He traveled around the world: islands of the Pacific Ocean, Somaliland, to China across Russia, Persia and India. His travelogue was published by Geographical Society in Vienna. He has made attempts to travel to Paris with his dirigible airship.