Gábor Esterházy (1673–1704) Explained

Gábor Esterházy
Count of Galántha
Full Name:	Count Gábor Esterházy de Galántha
Noble Family:	House of Esterházy
Father:	Paul I, Prince Esterházy of Galántha
Mother:	Countess Orsolya Esterházy de Galántha
Spouse:	Margaretha Christina von Abensberg und Traun (1694–1704)
Birth Date:	15 April 1673

Count Gábor (Gabriel) Esterházy de Galántha (15 April 1673 – 13 December 1704) was a Hungarian imperial general and noble, son of Paul I, Prince Esterházy and Orsolya Esterházy.^[1]

Career

He studied in Vienna and became imperial knight in 1690. He also functioned as a royal chamberlain and councillor. Count Esterházy served as ispán of Fejér County between 1688 and 16 September 1691.^[2] After that he was appointed ispán of Somogy and Zala Counties. He resigned from his preceding position on 29 March 1713.^[3] ^[4] He became imperial general in 1701 and functioned as the commander of the Hungarian cavalry regiment. He died of smallpox in 1704.

Family

Count Gábor Esterházy married Countess Margaretha Christina von Abensberg und Traun (1677–1725) on 24 May 1694 in Vienna. They had six children:

József (6 April 1695 – 1697), died young
Mária Anna (b. 1698), died young
Mihály (1701 – 4 January 1702), died young
Mária Józsefa (b. 1701), died young
Margit (d. 1732)
Mária Franziska (29 November 1702 – 31 January 1778), married Altgrave Karl Anton zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg und Alfter (1697–1755)

Works

Hungaria Triumphans sive S. Ladislaus Rex Hungariae… in Basilica D. Stephani Nomine Inclytae Nation. Hung. panegyris laudat. Viennae, 1689. 27. Junii.

Sources

Fallenbüchl, Zoltán (1994). Magyarország főispánjai, 1526 - 1848 ("Lord-Lieutenants of Counties in Hungary, 1526 - 1848"). Argumentum Kiadó. .
Szinnyei, József: Magyar írók élete és munkái II. (Caban–Exner). Budapest, Hornyánszky, 1893. (Online)

Notes and References

Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Esterházy family tree . Genealogy.EU.
Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 76.
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Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 111.