List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary

The following is a list of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Dukes and princes NameCoat-of-armsYear of grant of the Hungarian titleNaturalization in HungaryRemarksReferences Auersperg Article 118 of 1655 Imperial baron: 1573; imperial count: 1630, 1673; imperial prince: 1653, 1791. A branch of the family continued to bear the title of count. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johann Weikhard of Auersperg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Batthyány-Strattmann A branch of the Batthyány family. Bohemian prince: 1763; imperial prince: 1764. The Batthyány-Strattman name was conferred upon Károly József Batthyány in 1755. After the line descending from him died out, the name and the title of prince were granted to László Batthyány in 1915. The Batthyány-Strattmanns' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Cillei (†) Imperial count: 1341, 1372; imperial prince: 1436 (confirmed in 1443). Hermann II, Count of Celje received domains in Slavonia in 1397 and styled himself count of Zagorje in reference to them. The family extinguished in 1456. Coburg–Koháry Article 71 of 1790/91, article 41 of 1827 A branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (from the House of Wettin). The last kings of Portugal and tsars of Bulgaria were descended from this family. Nowadays, the members of the family name themselves Sachsen–Coburg und Gotha. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Corvinus (†) 1479 (Duke of Liptó) An illegitimate branch of the royal Hunyadi family. Count: 1479; duke of Troppau. The family extinguished in 1505. Czartoryski Article 6 of 1805. Imperial prince: 1433 (confirmed in 1442, 1569 and 1785). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Erba-Odescalchi 1910 (authorization to use the Italian title) 1831 Duke of Monteleone (Italian nobility): 1906. Esterházy Hungarian baron: 1613; Hungarian count: 1620; imperial prince: 1687. The family's two other branches continued to bear the title of count. The Esterházys' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Festetics 1910 (primogeniture) Hungarian count: 1766, 1772 and 1874; imperial count: 1857. The family's three other branches continued to bear the title of count. The Festetics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Hercegović Duke of Saint Sava: Herceg Vladislav Hercegović received two fortresses in Križevci County in Slavonia in 1467. The Republic of Ragusa paid a pension to his descendants who lived in the Principality of Transylvania until the early 17th century. The circumstances surrounding the adoption of the title are unknown, although most likely Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Vladislav's father, took the title all by himself around 1449/50. Khevenhüller-Metsch Article 73 of 1638, article 100 of 1649 and article 44 of 1764/65 Imperial baron: 1566; Austrian count: 1673; imperial count: 1725; Bohemian and imperial prince: 1763 (primogeniture). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Johann Joseph Khevenhüller-Metsch's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Kinsky Article 37 of 1687, article 124 of 1723 and article 68 of 1741 Imperial count: 1628 (confirmed in 1676 and 1687); Bohemian prince (primogeniture): 1746; imperial prince: 1747. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Philip Joseph Kinsky's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Koriatovych Prince Fyodor Koriatovych received the domain of Munkács (now Mukachevo in Ukraine). His line extinguished in 1414. Liechtenstein Article 27 of 1608, article 27 of 1687 and article 129 of 1715 Imperial prince: 1608. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Princes Karl, Maximilian, Hans-Adam, Maximilian, Anton-Philip, Hartmann, Anton Florian, Hans, Hartmann, Hans Venzel, Emanuel, Hans Anton Liechtenstein at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Lobkowicz Article 131 of 1659 Imperial baron: 1459; imperial prince: 1624. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Václav Lobkowicz's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Lónyay (†) 1917 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. The Lónyays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. Metternich Article 38 of 1827 Imperial baron: 1635; imperial count: 1679; imperial prince (primogeniture): 1803; Austrian baron: 1813. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Klemens von Metternich's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Odescalchi 1697 (expansion of the imperial title) Article 40 of 1751 Imperial prince: 1689 (confirmed in 1698). Livius Odescalchi's family name and title of prince were granted to his nephew, Marquess Balthasar Erba. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Livius Odescalchi's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Paar Article 119 of 1655 Imperial baron: 1623; imperial count: 1652 (confirmed in Bohemia: 1654); imperial prince (primogeniture): 1769. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Franz Paar's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Pálffy (†) Baron: 1581; imperial count: 1599; Hungarian count: 1634; Austrian prince (primogeniture): 1807. The Festetics' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. The last member of the family who held the title of prince, László Pálffy, died in 1947. Pálffy–Daun (†) 1879 (expansion of the Austrian title) Austrian count: 1853; prince of Teano: 1876. The last member of the family who held the title of prince, József Pálffy–Daun, died in 1963. Perényi Imperial prince ("Prince of Siklós"): 1517 (confirmed in 1541). The family never used the title of prince publicly. Puszta Article 41 of 1635 Imperial duke (Duke of Pest): 1603; imperial prince (Prince of Puszta): 1621 Schwarzenberg Article 131 of 1659 Imperial baron: 1492; imperial count: 1599; imperial prince (primogeniture): 1670; imperial prince (all descendants of Prince Joseph Schwarzenberg) Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Johann Schwarzenberg's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Thurn und Taxis 1885 (acknowledgement of the princely title in Hungary) Article 51 of 1840 Baron: 1608; imperial count: 1624; count in Spain and the Low Countries: 1681; imperial prince: 1695. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Prince Egon von Thurn und Taxis's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Trauttmansdorff Article 66 of 1625, article 133 of 1715 Austrian baron: 1598; imperial count: 1623; Bohemian and imperial prince: 1805 (primogeniture). Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of Count Maximilian Trauttmansdorff's descendants at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary. Újlaki (†) 1472 Lawrence Újlaki was styled prince after his father, Nicholas, was made king of Bosnia. The family extinguished in 1524. Windisch-Graetz Article 119 of 1655, article 40 of 1751 Imperial baron: 1551; imperial count: 1658; imperial prince: 1804 (primogeniture), 1822. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Count Franz Joseph Windisch-Graetz and Barons Adam and Gottlieb Windisch-Graetz at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary.

Margrave NameCoat-of-armsYear of grant of the Hungarian titleNaturalization in HungaryRemarksReferences Csáky-Pallavicini de Körösszegh et Adorján 1876 Counts Zsigmond and Hippolyt Csáky received royal authorization to adopt the name and title of their adoptive (but biological) father, Marquess Roger Pallavicini, in 1876. Their previous (legal) father (Siegmund Csáky) was the ex-husband of their mother (Eulalia Vaj de Vaja).

(Örgrof) Pallavicini (Örgrof)

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