Gycla (Julius) Andrassy, count, a Hungarian statesman, born in the county of Zemplen, March 8, 1823. His ancestors were known from the 11th century in Bosnia, and from the 16th in Hungary, where they acquired vast estates with the rank of count. The Italian branch of the same stock, the margraves d'An-drassy and chevaliers de Rivalto, have been extinct since 1793. The head of the senior Hungarian branch, Count Charles, the father of Count Julius (born in Gomor in 1792, died in Brussels in 1845), was an opposition member of the diets of 1839-'40 and 1843-'4, and wrote in German "Outlines of a Possible Reform in Hungary." Count Julius was a member of the Presburg diet of 1847-'8, lord lieutenant of the county of Zemplen, led the militia against the Austrians, went as Hungarian ambassador to Constantinople, and from 1849 to 1857 was an exile in France and England. He was a member of the diet of 1861, vice president of the diet of 1865-'6, and chairman of the committee on "the common relations of the Austrian empire." After the accession of the Beust ministry, Oct. 30, 1866, and the recognition of Hungarian sovereignty under a dual Austro-Hungarian empire, Count Andrassy was, at Deak's demand, appointed Hungarian prime minister of the empire, Feb. 17, 1867. He also acted as minister for the national defence, popularized his administration by selecting several of its members from outside the ranks of the aristocracy, carried out the measures broached by the committee of 1865-'6, under the guidance of Deak, in support of the sovereign rights of Hungary, and instituted various financial, military, and judicial reforms.

Sympathizing with France during the Franco-German war, he yet insisted upon neutrality. He approved the overthrow of the papal temporal power, and was rather antagonistic to Russia in the eastern question, until he succeeded Count Beust (Nov. 9, 1871) as foreign minister of the Austro-Hungarian empire, when he seemed disposed to eschew all external complications, and bent on the preservation of peace.