Palatine of Hungary
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The Palatine of Hungary was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were representatives of the monarchs, later the vi
Barabás Miklós József nádor
Aba, the first known Palatine, later King of Hungary (r. 1041–1044)
Archduke Stephen Francis Victor was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the last Palatine of Hungary, serving from 1847 to 1848.
Palatine of Hungary
…in 1673, but renewed in 1723, when the palatine became the official president of the council. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the palatine Archduke Stephen, a member of a junior branch of the Habsburgs, was a significant intermediary between the revolutionaries and the imperial court in Vienna. However…
Portrait painting by Anton Stadler
Portrait by Anton Einsle, c. 1850