List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary

Summary

Dukes and princes edit

Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Auersperg   Article 118 of 1655 Imperial baron: 1573; imperial count: 1630, 1673; imperial prince: 1653, 1791. A branch of the family continued to bear the title of count. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johann Weikhard of Auersperg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [1]
Batthyány-Strattmann   A branch of the Batthyány family. Bohemian prince: 1763; imperial prince: 1764. The Batthyány-Strattman name was conferred upon Károly József Batthyány in 1755. After the line descending from him died out, the name and the title of prince were granted to László Batthyány in 1915. The Batthyány-Strattmanns' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [2]
Cillei (†)   Imperial count: 1341, 1372; imperial prince: 1436 (confirmed in 1443). Hermann II, Count of Celje received domains in Slavonia in 1397 and styled himself count of Zagorje in reference to them. The family extinguished in 1456. [3][4]
Coburg–Koháry   Article 71 of 1790/91, article 41 of 1827 A branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (from the House of Wettin). The last kings of Portugal and tsars of Bulgaria were descended from this family. Nowadays, the members of the family name themselves Sachsen–Coburg und Gotha. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [5]
Corvinus (†)   1479 (Duke of Liptó) An illegitimate branch of the royal Hunyadi family. Count: 1479; duke of Troppau. The family extinguished in 1505. [6]
Czartoryski   Article 6 of 1805.[citation needed] Imperial prince: 1433 (confirmed in 1442, 1569 and 1785). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Adam Czartoryski's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [7][8]
Erba-Odescalchi   1910 (authorization to use the Italian title) 1831 Duke of Monteleone (Italian nobility): 1906. [9]
Esterházy   Hungarian baron: 1613; Hungarian count: 1620; imperial prince: 1687. The family's two other branches continued to bear the title of count. The Esterházys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [10]
Festetics   1910 (primogeniture) Hungarian count: 1766, 1772 and 1874; imperial count: 1857. The family's three other branches continued to bear the title of count. The Festetics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [11]
Hercegović   Duke of Saint Sava: Herceg Vladislav Hercegović received two fortresses in Križevci County in Slavonia in 1467. The Republic of Ragusa paid a pension to his descendants who lived in the Principality of Transylvania until the early 17th century. The circumstances surrounding the adoption of the title are unknown, although most likely Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Vladislav's father, took the title all by himself around 1449/50. [12]
Khevenhüller-Metsch   Article 73 of 1638, article 100 of 1649 and article 44 of 1764/65 Imperial baron: 1566; Austrian count: 1673; imperial count: 1725; Bohemian and imperial prince: 1763 (primogeniture). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Johann Joseph Khevenhüller-Metsch's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [13]
Kinsky   Article 37 of 1687, article 124 of 1723 and article 68 of 1741 Imperial count: 1628 (confirmed in 1676 and 1687); Bohemian prince (primogeniture): 1746; imperial prince: 1747. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Philip Joseph Kinsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [14]
Koriatovych   Prince Fyodor Koriatovych received the domain of Munkács (now Mukachevo in Ukraine). His line extinguished in 1414. [15]
Liechtenstein   Article 27 of 1608, article 27 of 1687 and article 129 of 1715 Imperial prince: 1608. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Princes Karl, Maximilian, Hans-Adam, Maximilian, Anton-Philip, Hartmann, Anton Florian, Hans, Hartmann, Hans Venzel, Emanuel, Hans Anton Liechtenstein at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [14]
Lobkowicz   Article 131 of 1659 Imperial baron: 1459; imperial prince: 1624. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Václav Lobkowicz's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [14]
Lónyay (†)   1917 Hungarian baron: 1627; Hungarian count: 1871, 1896 and 1910. Elemér Lónyay, who was rewarded with the title of prince in 1917, died childless in 1946. The family's three other branches continued to bear the title of count and the family had two branches that did not bear an aristocratic title. The Lónyays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [16]
Metternich   Article 38 of 1827 Imperial baron: 1635; imperial count: 1679; imperial prince (primogeniture): 1803; Austrian baron: 1813. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Klemens von Metternich's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [17]
Odescalchi   1697 (expansion of the imperial title) Article 40 of 1751 Imperial prince: 1689 (confirmed in 1698). Livius Odescalchi's family name and title of prince were granted to his nephew, Marquess Balthasar Erba. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Livius Odescalchi's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [18]
Paar   Article 119 of 1655 Imperial baron: 1623; imperial count: 1652 (confirmed in Bohemia: 1654); imperial prince (primogeniture): 1769. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Franz Paar's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [19]
Pálffy (†)   Baron: 1581; imperial count: 1599; Hungarian count: 1634; Austrian prince (primogeniture): 1807. The Festetics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. The last member of the family who held the title of prince, László Pálffy, died in 1947. [20]
Pálffy–Daun (†)   1879 (expansion of the Austrian title) Austrian count: 1853; prince of Teano: 1876. The last member of the family who held the title of prince, József Pálffy–Daun, died in 1963. [21]
Perényi   Imperial prince ("Prince of Siklós"): 1517 (confirmed in 1541). The family never used the title of prince publicly. [22]
Schwarzenberg   Article 131 of 1659 Imperial baron: 1492; imperial count: 1599; imperial prince (primogeniture): 1670; imperial prince (all descendants of Prince Joseph Schwarzenberg) Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johann Schwarzenberg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [23]
Thurn und Taxis   1885 (acknowledgement of the princely title in Hungary) Article 51 of 1840 Baron: 1608; imperial count: 1624; count in Spain and the Low Countries: 1681; imperial prince: 1695. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Egon von Thurn und Taxis's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [24]
Trauttmansdorff   Article 66 of 1625, article 133 of 1715 Austrian baron: 1598; imperial count: 1623; Bohemian and imperial prince: 1805 (primogeniture). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Maximilian Trauttmansdorff's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [25]
Újlaki (†)   1472 Lawrence Újlaki was styled prince after his father, Nicholas, was made king of Bosnia. The family extinguished in 1524. [26]
Windisch-Graetz   Article 119 of 1655, article 40 of 1751 Imperial baron: 1551; imperial count: 1658; imperial prince: 1804 (primogeniture), 1822. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Count Franz Joseph Windisch-Graetz and Barons Adam and Gottlieb Windisch-Graetz at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [25]

Marquesses edit

Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Csáky-Pallavicini de Körösszegh et Adorján
 
1876 Counts Zsigmond and Hippolyt Csáky received royal authorization to adopt the name and title of their adoptive (but biological) father, Marquess Roger Pallavicini, in 1876. Their previous (legal) father (Siegmund Csáky) was the ex-husband of their mother (Eulalia Vaj de Vaja).

(Örgrof)

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Pallavicini
 
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Counts edit

Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Abensberg-Traun   Article 155 of 1647 Imperial count: 1653. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Baron Ernst Traun's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [28]
Aichelburg   Article 51 of 1840 Imperial and Austrian baron: 1627; imperial count: 1787. [29]
Almásy   1771, 1815 and 1910 The Almásys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [30]
Althann   Article 35 of 1578 Austrian baron: 1574; Hungarian baron: 1578; imperial count: 1608. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Barons Christoph, Eustachius, Wolfgang and Wilhelm Althann at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [31]
Ambrózy   1913 Hungarian baron: 1838, 1845. The Ambrózys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Count István Ambrózy was authorized to adopt the name Ambrózy-Migazzi in 1918. [32]
Andrássy   1766, 1779 Hungarian baron: 1676. The Andrássys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [32]
Apor (†)   1696 Hungarian baron: 1693 and 1712. An extinguished branch of the Apor family. [33]
Apponyi   1739, 1808 Hungarian baron: 1606, 1624 and 1718. The family line descending from József, Lajos, Rudolf and Lipót Apponyi, who were rewarded with the title of count in 1808, extinguished, but the other line survived. The Apponyis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [34]
Auersperg   Article 102 of 1649, article 34 of 1802. Imperial baron: 1573; imperial count: 1630, 1673. A branch of the family received the title of imperial prince in 1653 and 1791. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Counts Herbart, Gaetan and Nicholas von Auersperg at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [1]
Balassa (†)   1653, 1664 [35]
Bánffy (of Alsólendva) (†)   1622 [35]
Bánffy (of Losonc) (†)   1696 and 1880 The family was descended from the ancient Tomaj kindred. Hungarian baron: 1674; Austrian count: 1855. The Bánffys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. The two family lines that bore the title of count died out in 1858 and 1950, but the branches with the title of baron still exist. [36][37]
Barkóczy (†)   1687 Hungarian baron: 1631 and 1722. The family line that bore the title of count extinguished in 1872, but a matrilineal descendant of the family, Count Endre Hadik adopted the name Hadik-Barkóczy in 1887. The branches of the family that bear the title of baron still exist. [35][38]
Beckers   Article 33 of 1802 Baron in Electoral Palatinate: 1742; imperial and Bavarian count: 1790. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Count Joseph Beckers at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary [39]
Béldi 1770 The Béldis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [40]
Bellegarde   Article 15 of 1830 Savoyard count: 1682; Bohemian count: 1741. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Heinrich von Bellegarde's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [41]
Benyovszky   1778, 1791 Móric and Rudolf Benyovszky (from the untitled family line) were authorized to use the title of their adoptive father, Count Sándor Benyovszky, who was the last member of the comital line, in 1902. The Benyovszkys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [42]
Berchtold   Article 40 of 1751 Austrian, imperial and Bohemian baron: 1633; imperial count: 1673. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Counts Anton, Franc and Joseph Berchtold at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [41]
Bercsényi   1689 Hungarian baron: 1639. [35]
Berényi (†)   1700, 1720 Hungarian baron: 1655. The Berényis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. The last member of the family, Count János Berényi, died after 1945. [43]
Bethlen (of Iktár)   1623 The family was descended from the ancient Becsegergely kindred. (Their kinship with the Bethlen of Bethlen family cannot be proved.) [35][44]
Bethlen (of Bethlen)   1696, 1697 The Bethlens' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. (Their kinship with the Bethlen of Iktár family cannot be proved.) [45]
Bissingen-Nippenburg   Article 50 of 1827 Imperial baron: 1647; imperial count: 1746. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Ferdinand Bissingen-Nippenburg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [46]
Blanckenstein   Article 21 of 1792 Austrian count: 1796. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Ernst, Heinrich and Ernst Blanckenstein at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [47]
Bolza   Article 21 of 1792 Baron: 1790; count: 1808. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Baron Peter Bolza's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [48]
Bombelles   1880 Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Counts Mark Heinrich and Karl Albert Bombelles at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [48]
Brankovic   1688 Baron: 1683. [35][49]
Breunner-Enkewoirth   Article 28 of 1687, article 134 of 1715. Baron: 1550; count: 1693. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Maximilian Ludwig Breunner's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [50]
Burián   1918 Hungarian baron: 1900. [49]
Buttler   Article 134 of 1715. Count: 1681. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johan Ludwig Buttler's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [51]
Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Cavriani   Article 131 of 1659 Baron: 1359 and 1452; imperial count: 1636. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Friedrich Cavriani's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [52]
Cebrián Article 42 of 1827 Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Anton Cebrián's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [53]
Chamare-Harbuval   Article 73 of 1790/91 Austrian baron: 1727; Austrian count: 1751. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Aloys, Johann and Hans Chamare-Harbuval at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [54]
Chotek   Article 46 of 1764/65 Bohemian count: 1723; imperial count: 1745. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Counts Johan Karl and Johann Rudolf Chotek at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [54]
Crouy-Chanel   1908 (Count Endre Crouy-Chanel was authorized to use his title in Hungary) [55]
Csáky   1560, 1638, 1655 (confirmed in 1778) The Csákys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [27]
Csekonics   1864 (confirmed in 1874) The Csekonics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [56]
Cziráky   1723 Hungarian baron: 1620. The Czirákys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [57]
Czobor   1652 Hungarian baron: 1588. [35]
Degenfeld-Schonburg   1810 Imperial baron: 1625; imperial count: 1716. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Maximilian Degenfeld-Schonburg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [58]
Dessewffy   1754, 1775 Hungarian baron: 1666, 1756 and 1763. The Dessewffys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [59]
Dezasse   1812 Article 34 of 1802 The Dezasses' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [57]
Dőry (†)   1766 Hungarian baron: 1741, 1759, 1816; Austrian baron: 1854. The family line that bore the title of count extinguished, but the branch bearing the title of baron still flourishes. [60]
Drašković   1635 Hungarian baron: 1567; imperial count: 1631. The Drašković's hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [35][61]
Drugeth (†)   1622 [35]
Edelsheim-Gyulai (†)   1906 Hungarian baron: 1882. The childless Count Lipót Gyulai adopted his nephew, Baron Leopold Edelsheim, in 1866. The Edelsheim-Gyulais' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. The family died out in 1981. [62]
Eltz   Article 47 of 1764/65 Imperial count: 1733. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Anselm Casimir Eltz-Kempenich's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [63]
Erdődy   1565 (confirmed in 1580) The Erdődys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [35][64]
Esterházy   1626, 1683, 1715 A branch of the family bore the title of prince. The Esterházys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [35][65]
Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Fekete de Galántha   1758 Split between Comital and Baronial branches.[66] Austrian baron: 1859. [67]
Festetics   1766, 1772 and 1874 Hungarian count: 1766, 1772 and 1874; imperial count: 1857. The head of a line of the family bore the title of prince. The Festetics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [11]
Folliot de Creneville   Article 44 of 1827 Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [68]
Forgách   1640, 1647, 1655 and 1676 The family was descended from the ancient Hont-Pázmány kindred. Hungarian baron: 1560. The Forgáchs' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [69][70]
Gudenus   1703 Imperial baron: 1696 (confirmed in 1730); Austrian count: 1907. [71]
Győry (†)   1785 The family died out in 1882. [72]
Gyulai   1701 Hungarian baron: 1694. The title of Count Sámuel Gyulai was transferred to his adopted son, Adolf Gyulai-Javorzik, who died in 1939. [73]
Gyürky 1867 (confirmed in 1874) The last member of the family, Count Aladár Gyürky, died in 1979. [74]
Hadik   1763 Imperial count: 1777. The Hadiks' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [75]
Hadik-Barkóczy   The son of Count Béla Hadik and Countess Ilona Barkóczy, Endre, adopted the double name in 1887. [76]
Haller   Imperial baron: 1656, 1699, 1790; imperial count: 1713, 1753. The Hallers' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [77]
Harrach   Article 77 of 1563 Austrian baron: 1550; imperial baron: 1552; imperial count: 1627. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Baron Leonhard Harrach and his two sons at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [78]
Herberstein   Article 77 of 1609 Austrian baron: 1531; imperial baron: 1537; Austrian count: 1644; imperial count: 1710. [79]
Horváth-Toldy   1883 Transylvanian baron: 1845; Austrian count: 1857. Count Sámuel Tholdy adopted János Petrichevich-Horváth, who assumed the Horváth-Toldy name. János's son, Count Lajos Horváth-Toldy, who survived his sons, also adopted his relative, Rudolf Petrichevich-Horváth, who thus assumed the name. The Horváth-Toldys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [80]
Hoyos   Article 41 of 1827 Baron: 1547; imperial count: 1674. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Count Johann Ernst Hoyos at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [81]
Hugonnai (†) 1810 (confirmed in 1822) Zsigmond Horváth who was rewarded with the title of count in 1810 changed his name to Hugonnai a year later. The Hugonnais' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Count Kálmán Hugonnai, the last male member of the family, died in 1946. [82]
Hunyadi (†)   1453 (perpetual ispán) John Hunyadi was granted the Transylvanian Saxon district of Bistritz after he abdicated the office of governor of Hungary. His son, Matthias Corvinus, was elected king of Hungary. [83][35]
Hunyady de Kéthely   1792 Hungarian baron: 1753; imperial count: 1797. The Hunyadys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [84]
Huyn   1697 Article 49 of 1840 [85]
Jankovich   1885 The Jankovichs' had a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [86]
Jankovich-Bésán   1916 József Jankovich married Matild Tallián, who was the elder daughter of Anna Bésán, assumed his mother-in-law's family name in 1888. Their grandsons were awarded with the title of count. The Jankovich-Bésáns had a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [87]
Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Kálnoky   1697 The Kálnokys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [88]
Karacsay (†) 1798 Hungarian baron: 1779. Count Sándor Karacsay, the last male member of the family, died in 1880. [89]
Karátsonyi   1874 Imperial count: 1858. The Karátsonyis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [90]
Károlyi   1712 Hungarian baron: 1609. The Károlyis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [91]
Keglević   1687 (confirmed in 1816) Hungarian baron: 1646. The Keglevićs' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [91]
Kemény (†)   1744, 1804, 1808 Hungarian baron: 1698, 1755. The family was descended from John Kemény, Prince of Transylvania. The three family lines that bore the title of count extinguished, but the branches with the title of baron still flourish. [92]
Kendeffy   1762, 1916 The first line that bore the title of count died out in 1834. The second line which had a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary still flourish. [93]
Khevenhüller-Metsch   Article 73 of 1638, article 100 of 1649, article 44 of 1764/65 Imperial baron: 1566; Austrian count: 1673; imperial count: 1725; Bohemian and imperial prince (primogeniture): 1763. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Counts Joseph, Sigismund Friedrich, Hans Joseph, Franz Anton and Johann Emanuel Khevenhüller-Metsch at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [13]
Kinsky   Article 37 of 1687, article 124 of 1723 and article 68 of 1741 Imperial count: 1628 (confirmed in 1676 and 1687); Bohemian prince (primogeniture): 1746; imperial prince: 1747. The head of the family bore the title of prince. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Philip Joseph Kinsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [14]
Kornis   1712 Transylvanian baron: 1609; Hungarian baron: 1636. [94]
Kottulinsky   Article 73 of 1790/91 Bohemian count: 1706; Prussian count: 1748. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Joseph Kottulinsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [95]
Kulmer   Article 73 of 1790/91 Imperial baron: 1654; Austrian count: 1860. The family also had a branch bearing the title of baron. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Baron Johann Kulmer's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [96]
Kuun   1762 The Kuuns' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [97]
Lamberg   Article 47 of 1764/65, article 73 of 1790/91. Imperial count: 1628 (confirmed in 1676 and 1687); Bohemian prince (primogeniture): 1746; imperial prince: 1747. The head of the family bore the title of prince. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Philip Joseph Kinsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [96]
Lazansky   Article 82 of 1681 Imperial baron: 1630; Bohemian count: 1637. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Karl Lazansky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [14]
Lázár   1702, 1750 (Transylvania) Transylvanian baron: 1729. The family branch that received the title of count in 1750 extinguished. The Lázárs' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [98]
Leiningen-Westerburg   Article 19 of 1833, article 47 of 1836 [99]
Lónyay   1871, 1896 and 1910 Hungarian baron: 1627; Hungarian prince: 1917. One family branch bore the title of prince and the family had two branches that did not bear an aristocratic title. The Lónyays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [16]
Mailáth   1785 (ad personam), 1794, 1885 The family branches that received the title of count in 1785 and 1795 extinguished. The Mailáths' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [100]
Migazzi   Article 46 of 1764/65 Count: 1698. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Kaspar Migazzi's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [101]
Mikes   1696 (Transylvania) Transylvanian baron: 1693. The Mikes' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [102]
Mittrowsky   Article 72 of 1790/91 Bohemian baron: 1716; Bohemian count: 1769. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Karl Mittrowsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [103]
Montecuccoli   Article 119 of 1655, article 134 of 1715 Imperial count: 1530. The family branch that was nationalized in Hungary in 1655 extinguished. [104]
Nádasdy   1625 Baron: 1553; Austrian count: 1828. The Nádasdys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [102]
Nákó   1813 The Nákós' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [105]
Nemes   1755 (Transylvania) The Nemes' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [105]
Nesselrode   Article 46 of 1729 Imperial count: 1705. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johann Nesselrode's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [106]
Niczky   1765 The Niczkys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [107]
Normann-Ehrenfels   1896 Count in the Kingdom of Würtemberg: 1806. When Counts Gusztáv and Rudolf Norman-Ehrenfels were rewarded with the title of count in 1896, they also received a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [107]
Nugent   Article 41 of 1827 Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Laval Nugent's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [108]
Nyáry (of Bedeg and Berencs)   1632, 1655 and 1723 Baron: 1535, 1573. The Nyárys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [108]
Nyáry-Normann 1922 (by adoption) Count Gusztáv Normann-Ehrenfels adopted Counts Ferenc and Sándor Nyáry (who were the sons of his wife by her first marriage) in 1922. [109]
Orssich   1682 Baron: 1675. The Orssichs' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [110]
Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Szapáry   1722 Baron: 1690. The Szapárys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [111]
Széchenyi   1697 The Széchényis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [112]
Szécsen   1798 The Szécsens' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [113]
Széchy   1645 The family was descended from the ancient Balog kindred. Imperial baron: 1516. [35][114]
Szirmay   1707 Baron: 1695. The family descended from Tamás Dessewffy of Csernek and Tarnakő, who was adopted by István Szirmay of Szirmabessenyő in 1690. The Szirmays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [115]
Szilágyi   1458 (perpetual ispán) Notable family members: Michael Szilágyi, Regent of Hungary, Banate of Macsó; Erzsébet Szilágyi, Queen Mother of Hungary, mother of king Matthias Corvinus [116]
Szőgyény–Marich   1910 The grant of the title of count included the Szőgyény–Marich's hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [117]
Sztáray   1747 Baron: 1725. The Sztárays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [118]
Szunyogh (†)   1669 Baron: 1588 and 1604. [35]
Takács–Tolvay 1905 József and István Takács of Kisjóka were granted the right to adopt the name and the comital title of the Tolvay family. [119]
Taxis   Article 42 of 1827. Austrian baron: 1714; Austrian count: 1839. [120]
Teleki   1685 Imperial count: 1697 (confirmed in 1767). The Telekis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [35][121]
Tholdalagi   1744 The Tholdalagis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [122]
Thököly (†)   1654 Baron: 1593. [35]
Thoroczkay   1757 Baron: 1733. Another branch of the family bore the title of baron. The Tholdalagis' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [123]
Thurzó (†)   1606 Imperial baron: 1550. [35]
Tisza   1883 (expanded in 1897) The Tiszas' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886 and in 1897. [124]
Tolvay 1754 Baron: 1709. [119]
Török   1774 The Töröks' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [125]
Üchtritz–Amadé   1903 Baron Emil Üchtritz adopted the family name of his mother, Countess Dominika Amadé. [126]
Vay   1830 Baron: 1783, 1799. Two family branches bore the title of baron. The Vays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [127]
Vécsey (†)   1813 Baron: 1692. The family branch that bore the title of count extinguished in 1879, but the baronial branches survived. [128]
Vigyázó (†)   1895 The Vigyázós received a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [129]
Voikffy   1763 Baron: 1730. The Voikffys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [130]
Waldstein   Article 93 of 1635. Austrian count: 1619; imperial count: 1628. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Adam Waldstein's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [131]
Wallis   Article 28 of 1687. Imperial count: 1724; Bohemian count: 1736. [131]
Walterskirchen   Article 34 of 1802. Austrian baron: 1643; Austrian count: 1907. [132]
Wartensleben   Article 73 of 1790/91. Imperial baron: 1703; count in Prussia: 1703; imperial count: 1706. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Wilhelm Wartensleben's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [133]
Wenckheim   Article 73 of 1790/91. Austrian baron: 1776; Austrian count: 1802. The Wenckheims' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [133]
Wesselényi (†)   1646 Baron: 1582 (confirmed in 1725). The family branches that bore the title of baron survived. [35][134]
Wilczek   1709 Article 134 of 1715. Baron: 1506; imperial count: 1713; Bohemian count: 1729. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Heinrich Wilczek's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. [135]
Wimpffen   1902 Article 42 of 1827. Imperial count: 1797; baron in Würtemberg: 1834; Austrian baron: 1876. The Wimpffens received a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary in 1902. [136]
Woracziczky   1914 Bohemian count: 1783. The Woracziczkys received a hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary in 1914. [137]
Wurmbrand-Stuppach   1682 Article 82 of 1681. Imperial baron: 1607; imperial count: 1701. [138]
Zápolya (†)   1465 (perpetual ispán) John Zápolya was elected king of Hungary in 1526.[citation needed] [35]
Zay   1830 Baron: 1560. The Zays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [139]
Zedtwitz   1891 Imperial and Bavarian count: 1790; Austrian count: 1846. [140]
Zelenski (†)   1899 Count in Galicia: 1801. The Zelenskis received a hereditary seat at the Upper House of Hungary in 1899. The last member of the family, Count Róbert Zelenski, died in 1939. [141]
Zichy   1679 Baron: 1655. The Zichys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [35][142]

Barons edit

Name Coat-of-arms Year of grant of the Hungarian title Naturalization in Hungary Remarks References
Alaghy   1607 [143]
Monoki (†) 1625 [144]
Oláh   1558 [145]

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