Angelica Károlyi is a French political scientist with German roots. She was born in Paris, in 1947. She studied political science and history at the University of Paris, and later worked at the Institute of Political Sciences, where she served as director of one of the Institute’s libraries. In 1965 she met György Károlyi, who came from a noble Hungarian family, at the University. They married in 1971. In 1994 they founded the Joseph Károlyi Foundation after renovating the Károlyi castle at Fehérvárcsurgó, and turning it into a cultural meeting centre. Angelica Károlyi is currently the cultural director of the Foundation.