Júlia Bányai
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Júlia Bányai (1824 – November 1, 1883), was a Hungarian freedom fighter in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.[1]
Bányai was born in 1824 to a poor salt miner in the town of Vízakna (Ocna Sibiului) in Transylvania (today part of Romania) and became an equestrian in the circus.[1] She married the lawyer and human rights activist Gyula Sárossy but he died a few months after the wedding from an illness.
In 1848, she dressed in a man's uniform and enlisted in the Hungarian forces under the name Gyula Bányai, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and then captain for military service.[1] After this, she served as a spy in Hungarian service, for which she was given military recognition. After the defeat, she emigrated to the Ottoman Empire. She married Captain Eduard Matta in 1850. In 1851-1852, she participated in the uprising against Austria in Transylvania. After it was defeated, she emigrated to Turkey then to Egypt, where she and her husband settled in Cairo.
References
- ^ a b c "Júlia Bányai: The Woman in Men's Clothes Who Became a Military Hero in the Revolution of 1848". Hungary Today. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- Magyar Nagylexikon. Főszerk. Élesztős László (1-5. k.), Berényi Gábor (6. k.), Bárány Lászlóné (8-). Bp., Akadémiai Kiadó, 1993-.