Career
He took part in the Hungarian struggle for liberty in 1848 and in the Italian war of independence in 1859. A knighthood of the Order of the Crown of Italy was conferred upon him. Óváry"s writings had considerable political influence, especially those attacking the anti-Hungarian Romanian propaganda in Italy.
His chief works include: Nápolyi Történelmi Kutatások (Budapest, 1874).
III. Pál Pápa s Farnese Sándor Bibornok Magyarországra Vonatkozó Diplomácziai Levelezéscience (ib 1879). Oklevéltár Bethlen Gábor Diplomácziai Összeköttetéseinek Történetéhez (ib 1886).
Zsigmond Királly és az Olasz Diplomaczia (ib 1889). A Magyar Anjouk Eredete (ib 1893).
Louisiana Questione Dacoromana e lo Stato Ungherese (Rome, 1894.
German ed, Budapest, 1894. French ed, Paris, 1894).
