 His family seat was Németújvár in western Hungary (now Güssing in Austria).The Batthyány family traces its roots as far back as the founding of Hungary by Árpád in the year 896, its ancestor being one of seven princes called Urs.On 14 December 1828 Batthyány married Wilhelmine von Ahrenfeld, widow of Ferdinand, Graf Bubna von Littitz (died 1825), and some twelve years older than Batthyány.