Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia hei László Szőgyény de Magyar-Szőgyén ki roto i te whanau rangatira, tama a te Kaihauturu o Zsigmond Szőgyény me Júlia Pászthory. I tiimata tana ako i Theresianum i Vienna ka haere ki te Whare Wananga o te Humanities me te Ture i te Whare Wananga o Pest. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te taote o te rapunga whakaaro i te 18 o ona tau. I noho ia hei kairipoata honore, katahi ka kairipoata o Pest County. Mai i te 1844 i mahi ia hei Kaunihera i te Whare Kaunihera Royal Hungarian. I tohua ia hei Kai-whakawa o te Kooti, engari i whakarere ia i tenei tūranga i te wa o te
Ko te Huringa Hungarian o te 1848 i te wa i whakakorehia ai te tari. I riro ia hei Kaitiaki Motu engari kaore i whawhai ki nga pakanga.