Nicholas II, Prince Esterházy was a Hungarian prince. He served the Austrian Empire and was a member of the famous Esterházy family. He is especially remembered for his art collection and for his role
Nikolaus II as portrayed by Martin Knoller in 1793. Oil on canvas. Esterházy Privatstiftung, Burgenland.
His wife, Maria Josepha Hermengilde of Liechtenstein
A rendering by Albert Christoph Dies of the newly redesigned gardens at the family palace in Eisenstadt. The view is similar today though more wooded.
Anton I, Prince Esterházy
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Anton, Prince Esterházy de Galántha was a hungarian prince, a member of the wealthy Esterházy family. He is primarily known for his patronage on composer Joseph Haydn.
Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy
…upper chamber voting rights continued until the early decades of the German Federation. Nikolaus was born in Vienna on 12 December 1765, the son of Prince Anton Esterházy and his first wife, Maria Theresia, Countess Erdödy de Monyorokerek et Monoszlo (1745–1782). His father Anton was the son of Nikolaus I, whom he succeeded…
The Prince in the uniform of his Hungarian Infantry Regiment, wearing the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece (portrait by Johann Basilius Grundmann, c. 1791)