Mária was born in November 1796 in Legyesbénye and her baptism took place in November 1796 in Szerencs.1 Mária's father was György Körtvélyessy and her mother was Anna Földi. She had a brother named Ádám. She was the older of the two children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Mihály and Mária.