József Keresztessy
Deceased Person
1819 –
Who is József Keresztessy?
József Keresztessy master of fencing, founder of the sword fencing in Hungary.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He got a job at the Fencing Institution in Pest under the direction of Ignác Friedrich. Here he was the assistant in fencing. After practising through six years he was getting a diploma about becoming a master of fencing. After getting this document he started to teach in the National Fencing Institute in Pest. During the Hungarian Revolution he was a member of Lajos Aulich’s company. He took part in the battles of Buda, Pered, and as a soldier of György Klapka, at the Battles of Komárom. His room of fencing was opened in 1851.
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