Melinda Esterházy

Her parents were Dezsö (or Demeter) Ottrubay, president of the Budapest Higher Regional Court, and his wife Rose, née von Schmidt.

At the age of 24 Melinda Ottrubay was appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the Budapest Opera.

On August 3, 1946, Melinda Ottrubay married Prince Paul V Esterházy de Galántha in Budapest.

[2] In 1949 Paul Esterházy was sentenced to fifteen years in prison during the show trial of Cardinal József Mindszenty.

Her escape was planned and organized by the Viennese lawyer Kurt Werner and the Burgenland member of the National Council, Franz Strobl.