Béla Wenckheim
de Wenckheim
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office
2 March  20 October 1875
MonarchFrancis Joseph I
Preceded byIstván Bittó
Succeeded byKálmán Tisza
Personal details
Born(1811-02-16)16 February 1811
Körösladány, Hungary
Died7 July 1879(1879-07-07) (aged 68)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyLiberal Party
Professionjurist, politician

Baron Béla Wenckheim (Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879) was a Austro-Hungarian 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, 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 didn't have children.[2]

References

  1. Burke, Edmund (1903). The Annual Register. Rivingtons. p. 117.
  2. "Béla, Baron Wenckheim : Genealogics".


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