József Keresztessy (fencer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hungarian fencer
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Place of Birth: Pest, Pest County, Hungary
About József Keresztessy (fencer)
- József Keresztessy (7 August 1819 – 16 April 1895) master of fencing, founder of the sword fencing in Hungary. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
- He got a job at the Fencing Institution in Pest under the direction of Ignác Friedrich.
- Here he was the assistant in fencing.
- After practising through six years he was getting a diploma about becoming a master of fencing.
- After getting this document he started to teach in the National Fencing Institute in Pest.
- During the Hungarian Revolution he was a member of Lajos Aulich’s company.
- He took part in the battles of Buda, Pered, and as a soldier of György Klapka, at the Battles of Komárom.
- His room of fencing was opened in 1851.
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