Anna Julie Marie (Marianne) Countess Csáky-Széll

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Marianna Szell de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy was born in 1877 (or 1880?), her father Ludwig Szell was famous doctor and scientist, her mother who came from Poland, was an opera singer. Both her parents died when she was just a child and she was adopted by her uncle Wolfgang Szell. She was talented violinist too. She was married to a hungarian Count Koloman Csáky, but the couple was divorced three years after the wedding. She met Jan Kubelik in 1900 on his koncert in Debrecen. They were married in 1903 and lived in a small castle Bychory in Czech republic, where some of their eight children were born. Their children were: Maria, born 1904; Anna, born 1904 (they were twins), violinist; Jana (Johanna), born 1906; Klara, born 1907; Tatjana, born 1909; Rafael, born 1914, died 1996, famous conductor and componist Kristian, born 1915, Jan, born 1917, died 1919.