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To appease the Hungarian nobility, Joseph II revoked almost all his reforms on his deathbed in 1790. [288] His successor, Leopold II (r. 1790–1792), convoked the Diet and confirmed the liberties of the Estates of the realm, emphasizing Hungary was a "free and independent" realm, governed by its own laws.
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.
Hungarian nobility in Transylvania (15 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Hungarian nobility" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total.
Pages in category "Hungarian noble families" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aba (genus)
The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian-Croatian [1] noble family with possessions in Hungary and Croatia. [2] Elevated to the Hungarian nobility in 1459, the family was subsequently raised to the rank of Count in 1485.
Pages in category "Hungarian noble titles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Esterházy Palace in Kismarton (today Eisenstadt in Austria) - a seat of the wealthiest aristocratic family of the Kingdom of Hungary. The upper nobility (Hungarian: főnemesség, Latin: barones) was the highest stratum of the temporal society in the Kingdom of Hungary until 1946 when the Parliament passed an act that prohibited the use of noble titles, following the declaration of the ...
The Austrian comital title (Graf) was the second most prestigious title of the Austrian nobility, forming the higher nobility (hoher Adel) alongside the princes (Furst); this close inner circle, called the 100 Familien (100 families), possessed enormous riches and lands.