Paul Pálffy

Paul (IV.) Pálffy von Erdöd , (Hungarian: gróf erdődi Pálffy Pál) ; * January 19, 1592 on the Bibersburg / Kingdom of Hungary ; † November 6, 1653 in Pressburg / Kingdom of Hungary) was Palatine of Hungary from 1649 .

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The Pálffy s were among the Hungarian nobility . The Hungarian barony was granted to them in 1581. From 1599 they became Imperial Counts of the HRR .

Paul Pálffy von Erdöd, heir in Bibersburg, Count zu Plassenstein, knight of the golden spur , from 1650 also knight of the golden fleece (No. 426), real secret councilor, chamberlain and colonel. After the death of his two older brothers, Stephan and Johann, in 1646, he became chief appointee of the Bratislava county and in 1635 heir to the royal palace there, most recently palatine and governor in Hungary.

Paul was the third son of Nikolaus Freiherr von Pálffy von Erdöd and his wife Maria Magdalena von Fugger Freiin von Kirchberg and Weißenhorn, a daughter of Freiherr Markus Fugger in Augsburg and Countess Sybille von Eberstein.

On July 26, 1629, Páffy Maria Franziska married Countess von Khuen von Belasy . The marriage resulted in two sons and a daughter:

Johann III. Anton (* 1642, † November 29, 1694), Count of Preßburg ⚭ 1st with Anna Theresia Countess Nádasdy; 2. with Marie Eleonore Countess Mollarth
Magdalena Theresia (* 1644, † 1684) ⚭ with August von Zinzendorf
Johann IV. Karl (* December 4, 1645, † November 3, 1694), Imperial Field Marshal in Milan ⚭ with Sidonia Agnes von Liechtenstein († 1721)

Already in 1625 Pálffy was elected President of the Hungarian Court Chamber . In 1630 he was entrusted by the regional authorities with the supervision of the Pressburg Castle , which burned down in 1593 . On February 6, 1646, Palffy was appointed Chief Justice (Judex Curiae).

Paul can be considered the founder of the wealth of the Pálffy family. With the acquisition of the office of the hereditary Obergespan - and castle count title also an acquisition of goods was made possible. Paul acquired the castle grounds and the Zuckermantel in Pressburg through his seniority . In addition, several localities on the Schüttinsel as well as the important lordships of Plasenstein and Malatzka , Bajmoc and Theben and Marchegg in Lower Austria .

Paul died on November 25, 1653 in Pressburg and was buried in the grave of the Pálffy family in Pressburg's St. Martin's Cathedral that his mother had built .

ancestors

Nikolaus Pálffy von Erdöd

Paul Pálffy from Erdöd

Georg Fugger

Anton Fugger

Regina Imhoff

Markus Fugger

Anna Rehlinger

Marie von Fugger

Bernhard von Eberstein

Wilhelm von Eberstein

Kunigunde from Sonnenberg

Sybille von Eberstein

Philipp von Hanau-Lichtenberg

Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg

Sibylle of Baden

literature

Joseph von Hormayr: Paperback for the patriotic history, Volume 1 , Vienna 1828.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Pálffy, Paul (IV.) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 216 f. ( Digitized version ).
Emil Portisch: History of the City of Pressburg-Bratislava , 2 vols., Pressburg-Bratislava 1932/1933
Anna Fundárková: Barokový aristokrat, in "Veda, vydavateľstvo SAV", Bratislava 2018, p. 236, ISBN 978-80-224-1694-8 (Slovak)

Web links

Commons : Paul Pálffy - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry about Paul Pálffy in the Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (MEK) of the National Széchényi Library (Hungarian)
Paperback book for patriotic history, Vienna 1828

Bernhard Peter: Marchegg

Individual evidence

↑ Information from Anna Fundárková (see literature)
↑ According to other biographical information, he was born in 1589.
↑ In some biographies November 26, 1653 is given as the date of death.
↑ ^a ^b Pocket book for patriotic history Volume 1, page 61 ff.
↑ The first marriage was childless, from the second marriage came the daughter Maria Barbara (* 1695, † 1769), who was married to Wenzel Waldstein.
↑ In 1593 the Pressburg Castle burned down and in 1609 the grain tower was set on fire by a lightning bolt. Due to these catastrophes and the multiple sieges in the time of the Bocskayschen and Bethlen riots, the castle was inflicted very much damage. It deteriorated more and more and in the 1620s looked like a ruin. (quoted from Portisch, vol. I., p. 74f; see literature)
↑ The title of Castle Count later became hereditary and was used by the beneficiaries of the Pálffy Seniorate until the overthrow in 1918 and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary . After the First World War , the title of nobility was abolished by law, and this also included the title of Castle Count of Pressburg. (quoted from Portisch, vol. I., p. 74f)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Drašković from Trakošćan	Palatine of Hungary 1649–1653	Franz Wesselényi by Hadad

personal data
SURNAME	Pálffy, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pálffy von Erdöd, Paul; Pálffy, Pál (Hungarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian palatine
DATE OF BIRTH	1580 or 1589
DATE OF DEATH	November 26, 1653
Place of death	Pressburg , Kingdom of Hungary

[1] Information from Anna Fundárková (see literature)

[2] According to other biographical information, he was born in 1589.

[3] In some biographies November 26, 1653 is given as the date of death.

[TabuGesch-4] Pocket book for patriotic history Volume 1, page 61 ff.

[5] The first marriage was childless, from the second marriage came the daughter Maria Barbara (* 1695, † 1769), who was married to Wenzel Waldstein.

[6] In 1593 the Pressburg Castle burned down and in 1609 the grain tower was set on fire by a lightning bolt. Due to these catastrophes and the multiple sieges in the time of the Bocskayschen and Bethlen riots, the castle was inflicted very much damage. It deteriorated more and more and in the 1620s looked like a ruin. (quoted from Portisch, vol. I., p. 74f; see literature)

[7] The title of Castle Count later became hereditary and was used by the beneficiaries of the Pálffy Seniorate until the overthrow in 1918 and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary . After the First World War , the title of nobility was abolished by law, and this also included the title of Castle Count of Pressburg. (quoted from Portisch, vol. I., p. 74f)