About Béla Wenckheim
Lived 1811 – 1879 (aged 68). Béla Wenckheim was a Hungarian politician and diplomat.
Baron Béla von Wenckheim (Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879) was an 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 mausoleum of Wenckheim palace, Békés County, Hungary.
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Hungarian Prime Minister (1811-1879)
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Béla Wenckheim was born on 16 February 1811 in Pest.
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Béla Wenckheim died on 7 July 1879 in Budapest.
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