The Family Tree of French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is the son of a Hungarian father and a French and Greek mother. His father was born a Hungarian nobleman, named Pál István Ernő Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa (in Hungarian: nagybócsai Sárközy). This post will highlight on the information I was able to find on Nicolas Sárközy's family tree, beginning with his father Pál.

The marriage record of György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and wife Katalin Ilona Anna Tóth de Csáford. They were married on 20 Sep 1921, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. It states that Dr. György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa was born on 16 Mar 1896, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He was the son of György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and Róza Juhász. The bride was Katalin Ilona Anna Tamás Tóth de Csáford. She was born on 13 Jan 1902 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary and was the daughter of Imre Tóth de Csáford and Adél Jeney de Boros-Jenő.


The birth record of György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. He was born on 16 Mar 1896, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. György Sándor's father is listed as György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa, a 33 year old who was born in Ér-Mihályfalva, Bihar, Hungary. He was of the Evanglical Reformed religion and resided in Szolnok at Number 4 Magyar Street. His occupation was a city councillor. György Sándor's mother is listed as Róza Juhász. She was 25 years old, born in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun, Szolnok, Hungary and of the Roman Catholic religion. She resided at the same residence as her husband, György, and her occupation is listed as the wife of the city councillor.

The birth record of Katalin Ilona Anna Tóth de Csáford. She was born on 13 Jan 1902, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. Katalin's father is listed as Imre Tóth de Csáford, a 28 year old who was born in Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, Hungary. He was of the Roman Catholic religion and resided in Szolnok at Number 12 Szapáry Street. His occupation was a private official. Katalin's mother is listed as Adél Jeney de Boros-Jenő. She was 24 years old, also born in Budapest and of the Roman Catholic religion. She resided at the same residence as her husband, Imre, and she has no occupation listed.



The death record of György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. György died on 26 Sep 1933 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He is listed as being the city councillor and living at Number 7 Magyar Street, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He was of the Reformed religion and 71 years old. His wife is listed as Róza Juhász. The parents of György are listed as well: the deceased Ferencz Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and the deceased Johanna Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. His cause of death was myocardial degeneration.

The death record of Róza Juhász. Róza died on 02 Aug 1934 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. She is listed as being the wife of the late György Sárközy and living at Number 7 Magyar Street, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. She was of the Roman Catholic religion and 67 years old. Her husband is listed as the deceased György Sárközy. The parents of Róza are listed as well: the deceased Ignácz Juhász and the deceased Erzsébet Maráz. Her cause of death was myocardial degeneration.

The French President has Chinese Ancestry? I think not!

A few hours ago I came across a very interesting blog post about Nicolas Sárközy. It's entitled Nicolas Sarkozy is a Chinese? Ah-huh. It's been bugging me since I read it. It tries to explain the Chinese ancestry of the current French president, and I finding myself very skeptical of what I'm reading.

Here are the facts we do know to be true: Nicolas Sárközy's paternal ancestors were all of Hungarian nobility.. all of them. His grandmother was Katalin Ilona Anna Csáfordi Tóth. Her family name was Tóth with the additional name of Csáfordi. In Hungarian, the 'i' on the end of Csáfordi means 'of' or 'from'. The name was also written in the Latin version as Tóth de Csáford. This means the Tóth family from Csáford.

Here's what the blog post claims. It says that there is "a piece of entry for Toth in Jinshi, the History of Jin as a family name, but also is there a significant nomadic people called Xianbei of whom the Csafordi tribe was belonged to once upon a time". It's entirely possible that there is a Toth family in China and related to the Jin family name, but not the Tóth's of Hungary.

According to Béla Kempelen's book "Magyar nemes családok", ('Hungarian Noble Families' for those of you who can't read Hungarian) the Csáfordi Tóth shares it's origins with the Simaházi Tóth family. It says that family tradition and also old documents verify this as fact. In 1649, during the Turkish occupation, Sebestyén Tóth of the Simaházi family was given his own nobility apart from the Simaházi Tóth's, including possessions in Csáford for which his descendants took their name. The Simaházi Tóth family begins with a Benedek Tóth and his wife Erzsébet Simon. Benedek was granted nobility by King Ferdinand II in 1626 and they resided in Sopron county, Hungary.

The Tóth de Csáford (csáfordi Tóth) Coat of Arms

As for the "Csafordi tribe" suggested in the blog, I can find no mention of such a thing in my Hungarian nobility resources. Csáford was the name of a town in Sopron county, in Western Hungary, it was not the name of a tribe.

The Tóth name is one of the most popular surnames in Hungary. It very simply means "Slovak". It's very unlikely that the Toth family in the "History of Jin as a family name" and the Tóth's of Hungary are the same people. A word meaning "Slovak" migrating from China to the Hungary and Slovakia area just doesn't make sense. How could the word exist before they knew who or what the Slovaks were? It seems to me that people are trying to fabricate family trees!