Gábor Esterházy | |
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Count of Galántha | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 15, 1673 |
Died | December 13, 1704 | (aged 31)
Spouse(s) | Margaretha Christina von Abensberg und Traun (1694–1704) |
Count Gábor (Gabriel) Esterházy de Galántha (15 April 1673 – 13 December 1704) was a Hungarian imperial general and noble, son of Paul I, Prince Esterházy and Orsolya Esterházy.[1]
Career[]
He studied in Vienna and became imperial knight in 1690. He also functioned as a royal chamberlain and councillor. Count Esterházy served as ispán of Fejér County between 1688 and 16 September 1691.[2] After that he was appointed ispán of Somogy and Zala Counties. He resigned from his preceding position on 29 March 1713.[3][4] He became imperial general in 1701 and functioned as the commander of the Hungarian cavalry regiment. He died of smallpox in 1704.
Family[]
Count Gábor Esterházy married Countess Margaretha Christina von Abensberg und Traun (1677–1725) on 24 May 1694 in Vienna. They had six children:
- József (6 April 1695 – 1697), died young
- Mária Anna (b. 1698), died young
- Mihály (1701 – 4 January 1702), died young
- Mária Józsefa (b. 1701), died young
- Margit (d. 1732)
- Mária Franziska (29 November 1702 – 31 January 1778), married Altgrave Karl Anton zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg und Alfter (1697–1755)
Works[]
- Hungaria Triumphans sive S. Ladislaus Rex Hungariae… in Basilica D. Stephani Nomine Inclytae Nation. Hung. panegyris laudat. Viennae, 1689. 27. Junii.
References[]
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Esterházy family tree". Genealogy.EU. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/esterhazy1.html.
- ↑ Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 76.
- ↑ Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 95.
- ↑ Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 111.
Sources[]
- (Hungarian) (German) Fallenbüchl, Zoltán (1994). Magyarország főispánjai, 1526–1848 ("Lord-Lieutenants of Counties in Hungary, 1526–1848"). Argumentum Kiadó. ISBN 963-7719-81-4.
- (Hungarian) Szinnyei, József: Magyar írók élete és munkái II. (Caban–Exner). Budapest, Hornyánszky, 1893. (Online)
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