István Esterházy (1616–1641)

István Esterházy
Count of Galántha

Spouse(s)	Countess Erzsébet Thurzó de Bethlenfalva (1638–1641)
Issue Orsolya
Full name Count István Esterházy de Galántha
Noble family	Esterházy
Father	Count Miklós Esterházy de Galántha
Mother	Baroness Orsolya Dersffy de Szerdahely
Born	(1616-02-27)February 27, 1616 Munkács, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Mukachevo, Ukraine)
Died	July 4, 1641(1641-07-04) (aged 25) Vienna

The native form of this personal name is galánthai gróf Esterházy István. This article uses the Western name order.

Count István Esterházy de Galántha (English: Count Stephen Esterházy of Galántha; 27 February 1616 – 4 July 1641) was a member of the wealthy Hungarian Esterházy family, eldest son of Palatine Nicholas Esterházy and his first wife, Baroness Orsolya Dersffy.

His father received the title of Count in 1626 by Emperor-King Ferdinand II, therefore his descendants also could make use of title. Count István died in 1641, when his father was still alive. His younger brother Ladislaus became head of the family in 1645.

Family

Count István married to Countess Erzsébet Thurzó (1621–1642), granddaughter of Palatine György Thurzó, on 26 September 1638 in Kismarton (today: Eisenstadt, Austria). Erzsébet Thurzó's mother was Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh, the second wife of Count István's father. They had a daughter:

Orsolya (7 March 1641 – 31 March 1682), who married to her own uncle, Paul I, Prince Esterházy on 7 February 1655.^[1]

References

↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Esterházy family tree". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)

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