Emma Orczy

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozlia Mria Jozefa Borbla Emmuska Orczy de Orci was a Hungarianborn British novelist, playwright, and artist of noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.

Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnars, Heves County, Hungary, and was the daughter of composer Baron Flix Orczy de Orci and Countess Emma Wass de Szentegyed et Cege . Her grandfather, Baron Lszl Orczy was a royal councillor, and also knight of the Sicilian order of Saint George, her grandmother was the Baroness Magdolna Mller . Her maternal grandparents were the Count Smuel Wass de Szentegyed et Cege , member of the Hungarian parliament, and Rozlia Eperjessy de Krolyfejrvr . Emmas parents left their estate for Budapest in 1868, fearful of the threat of a peasant revolution. They lived in Budapest, Brussels, and Paris, where Emma studied music unsuccessfully. Finally, in 1880, the family moved to London where they lodged with their countryman, Francis Pichler, at 162 Great Portland Street. Orczy attended West London School of Art and then Heatherleys School of Fine Art.

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