Adam Venceslav Batthyány

Ádám Wenzel, 2nd Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (27 March 1722 – 25 October 1787) was a Hungarian magnate, chief bailiff and landowner from the noble Batthyány family.

Early life

Batthyány-Strattmann was born on 27 March 1722 in Vienna where his parents lived at the Palais Schönborn-Batthyány. He was the eldest son of Countess Therese Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1700–1775) and Lajos Batthyány of Bicske Castle, who served as the 101st Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary. His elder sister, Countess Maria Antonia Batthyány, married their uncle Károly József Batthyány, as his third wife. Among his brother was Count József Batthyány, a Cardinal and Prince-primate of Hungary, Count Tódor "Theodor" Batthyány, an industrial (who married Countess Philippine Esterházy de Galántha, a daughter of Count Ferenc Esterházy), and Count Fülöp "Philipp" Batthyány, who also joined the military. Besides Vienna, the family also regularly spent time on their Hungarian estates, especially at Schloss Rechnitz and Schloss Körmend, which was his father's main seat and which later became the center of the family's princely line.

His paternal grandparents were Ádám II Batthyány and Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann. His maternal grandparents were Wenceslaus Norbert, Count of Kinsky and, his second wife, Baroness Maria Anna Theresia von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven. Among his maternal family were uncles Franz Ferdinand, Count of Kinsky and Philip Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, both of whom served as Bohemian High Chancellor, and Stephan Wilhelm, 1st Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. As all of his uncle's direct descendants died during his lifetime, his princely title passed to Ádám Wenzel, who became the 2nd Prince Batthyány-Strattmann in 1772. Since Ádám Wenzel inherited both the majorat of the Counts of Batthyány and that of the Counts of Strattmann from his father, the line of the family has since borne the name Batthyány-Strattmann. Maria Antonia Batthyány-Strattmann (1762–1794), who married Count József Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló, son of Count János Nepomuk Erdődy and Countess Maria Terezia Anna Palffy de Erdöd.

The Prince died at Rovereto on 25 October 1787.

Descendants Through his son Lájos, he was a grandfather of Fülöp, 4th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann (1781–1870) and Count János Batthyány-Strattmann (1784–1865), who married Mária Terézia Esterházy de Galántha.