Ladislaus, Count Esterházy

Ladislaus Esterházy
Count of Galántha
Spouse(s)	Countess Eleonóra Batthyány de Németújvár (1650–1652)
Issue childless
Full name Count László Esterházy de Galántha
Noble family	Esterházy
Father	Count Miklós Esterházy de Galántha
Mother	Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh
Born	December 31, 1626
Died	August 26, 1652 (aged 25) Vezekény, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Veľké Vozokany, Slovakia)

Count Ladislaus Esterházy de Galántha (31 December 1626 – 26 August 1652) was a Hungarian noble, son of Nikolaus, Count Esterházy, who served as Palatine of Hungary. He was a general in the Imperial Army and fought against the Ottoman Empire.

Life

His older brother, István Esterházy died in 1641, as a result Ladislaus succeeded his father as head of the Esterházy family in 1645. He married Eleonóra Batthyány, daughter of Imperial and Royal Chamberlain Ádám Batthyány, in 1650.^[1] However, the marriage remained childless, as Ladislaus was killed in the Battle of Vezekény, along with three other members of the family.^[2]

He was succeeded by his younger brother Paul as Count Esterházy of Galántha and inherited the family's vast wealth and landholdings at the age of 17. Paul later became the 1st Prince of Galántha.^[3]

Legacy

The four Esterházy brothers were buried on November 26, 1652 in the crypt of Nagyszombat's University Church (today: Trnava, Slovakia). The battlefield was marked by a 5 metre tall obelisk commemorating the victory and the sacrifice of the four brothers, erected in 1734. In 1896 it was replaced by the memorial which is still visible — a white travertine pedestal with a bronze sculpture of a lion crushing a Turkish battle flag. The pedestal bears a Latin inscription that reads: “Hold on, traveller, and read!“.

Ancestors of Ladislaus, Count Esterházy

16. Márton Zerhas de Zerhashaz               8. Benedek Zerhas de Zerhashaz                       17. Erzsébet Wad de Felszász               4. Ferenc Esterházy de Galántha                             9. Ilona Bessenyei de Galántha                       2. Miklós, Count Esterházy de Galántha                                   20. György Illésházy de Illésháza               10. Tamás Illésházy de Illésháza                       21. Margit Tankházy               5. Zsófia Illésházy de Illésháza                             11. Zsófia Földes                       1. Ladislaus, Count Esterházy de Galántha                                         24. Miklós Nyáry de Bedegh et Berencs               12. Lőrinc Nyáry de Bedegh et Berencs                       25. Krisztina Kanisay de Kanisa               6. Baron Pál Nyáry de Bedegh et Berencs                             26. Miklós Thúróczy de Túróczszentmihály               13. Márta Thúróczy de Túróczszentmihály                       27. Mária Zabláth               3. Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh                                   28. Mihály Várdai               14. Miklós Várdai                       29. Erzsébet Sarmasághy               7. Katalin Várday de Kisvárda                             30. Antal Losonczi               15. Dorottya Losonczi                       31. Klára Báthori de Ecsed

References

1. Marek, Miroslav. "Batthyány family tree". Genealogy EU.
2. Marek, Miroslav. "Esterházy de Galántha family". GENEALOGY.EU. Retrieved 2010-02-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. Esterházy Betriebe GmbH. "I. Pál herceg (1635–1713)". Esterházy Betriebe GmbH. Retrieved 2010-02-23. External link in |publisher= (help)