Béla Wenckheim Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Baron
Béla Wenckheim
Honorific-Suffix:de Wenckheim
Nationality:Hungarian
Order:Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
Term Start:2 March
Term End:20 October 1875
Predecessor:István Bittó
Successor:Kálmán Tisza
Birth Date:16 February 1811
Birth Place:Körösladány, Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Party:Liberal Party
Profession:jurist, politician

Baron Béla von Wenckheim (Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879) was a Austro-Hungarian nobleman, landowner and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary for several months in 1875.[1]

Biography

He was born into a rich Austro-Hungarian noble family which originated in Franconia and was a descendant of the Árpád dynasty from royal Spanien lines,[2] as the eldest son of Baron Joseph von Wengkheim (1778-1830) and his wife, Baroness Terézia Orczy de Orczi (1790-1875). He never married and did not have any known children.[3]

Death

Baron Béla von Wenckheim died in Budapest on 7 July 1879, at the age of 68. His body was buried in a family mauseleum of Wenckheim palace, Békés County, Hungary.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke, Edmund. The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1903. 117.
  2. Web site: A SPANYOL KIRÁLYOK MAGYAR VÉREI. | Turul 1883-1950 | Kézikönyvtár. arcanum.com.
  3. Web site: Béla, Baron Wenckheim . Genealogics .
  4. https://turul.info/napok/wenckheim