Background
She was born in Budapest, the third daughter of Count Lipót Edelsheim-Gyulai and Gabriella Pejacsevich (Croatian: Gabriela Pejačević).
She was born in Budapest, the third daughter of Count Lipót Edelsheim-Gyulai and Gabriella Pejacsevich (Croatian: Gabriela Pejačević).
She spent her childhood in Felsőelefánt (today: Horné Lefantovce, Slovakia), the family"s estate in Upper Hungary. Their only son, István Horthy, Junior. was born in 1941. Her husband died in an unexplained airplane crash over the Eastern Front in August 1942.
Bowden died in 2002.
She worked as a nurse for the Red Cross during the Second World War. She also had a role in rescuing Jews. After the unsuccessful desertion attempts and Operation Panzerfaust, she emigrated with her father-in-law, the Regent.
She wrote her memoir with the title of Becsület és kötelesség ("Honor and Duty").
She lived in the United Kingdom until her death at Lewes, aged 95.
