Count Ferenc Károlyi de Nagykároly (20 June 1705 – 14 August 1758), was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier.

His father was a general of Francis II Rákóczi during the War of Independence and later negotiated the Treaty of Szatmár, which guaranteed autonomy to the Hungarian nobles.

[1] Like his later elder brother, he was appointed hereditary governor of Szatmár County, in the event of his father's resignation or death, by the King on 24 July 1721.

In the spring of 1735, he returned to the German battlefield, where his regiment managed to drive the French away near Büdlich and then at the Salm River.

[1] In 1744, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Trans-Tisza Region, including during the War of the Austrian Succession during which he supported Maria Theresa.

Before her death in 1736, they were the parents of eight children, three of whom survived infancy:[1] After a long illness, his wife died on 28 February 1736 and her funeral was held at Kaplony (Căpleni).