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BaronBéla Wenckheimde 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

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.

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, 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.

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.

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

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