Moritz Esterházy de Galantha (politician, 1807)

Count Moritz Esterházy de Galantha

Moritz (Móric) Count Esterházy von Galántha (born September 23, 1807 in Vienna ; † November 8, 1890 in Pirna near Dresden ) was an Austrian diplomat and politician from the Hungarian noble Esterházy family .

Life

He was attaché of the monarchy in Paris , as envoy in The Hague and until 1855 ambassador of the Viennese court to the Pope in Rome for several years . He was married to Princess Poliena Lobkowitz and had one son. In 1861 Esterházy was appointed Minister without a portfolio . He was the foreign policy advisor to Emperor Franz Joseph until 1866 and then participated in the successful compromise negotiations between Austria and Hungary .

Esterházy Moriz Count. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 269.

predecessor	Office	successor
Franz von Leykam (Gt)	Austrian envoy in The Hague 1845–1848	Anton von Doblhoff-Dier
vacant	Austrian envoy in Rome 1848–1856	Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee

personal data
SURNAME	Esterházy de Galantha, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Esterházy von Galantha, Moritz Graf; Esterházy de Galantha, Count Móric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian-Austrian diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 8, 1890
Place of death	Pirna near Dresden