Béla Wenckheim

Baron Béla Wenckheim de Wenckheim
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office 2 March – 20 October 1875
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	István Bittó
Succeeded by	Kálmán Tisza
Personal details
Born	(1811-02-16)16 February 1811 Körösladány, Hungary
Died	7 July 1879(1879-07-07) (aged 68) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	Liberal Party
Profession	jurist, politician

The native form of this personal name is wenckheimi báró Wenckheim Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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]

References

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

Political offices
Preceded by Bertalan Szemere	Minister of the Interior 1867–1869	Succeeded by Pál Rajner
Preceded by György Festetics	Minister besides the King 1871–1879	Succeeded by Kálmán Tisza
Preceded by István Bittó	Prime Minister of Hungary 1875