The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy, is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom

Baron, later Count Nikolaus Esterházy de Galántha was the founder of the West-Hungarian noble House of Esterházy which became one of the grandest and most influential aristocratic families of the King