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Esterházy (ĕs`tĕrhä'zē), princely Hungarian family.

Paul, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, 1635–1713, was elected palatine (regent) of Hungary in 1681 and distinguished himself in the defense of Vienna (1683) and the reconquest of Hungary from the Ottomans. A staunch supporter of Hapsburg rule, he was created prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1687. His grandson,

Paul Anton, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, d. 1762, appointed Franz Joseph Haydn Haydn, Franz Joseph , 1732–1809, Austrian composer, one of the greatest masters of classical music. As a boy he sang in the choir at St. Stephen's, Vienna, where he received his principal musical training.
..... Click the link for more information. assistant musical director at his seat at Eisenstadt, now in Austria. Paul Anton's brother,

Nikolaus Joseph, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, 1714–90, who succeeded him in 1762, made Haydn chief musical director in 1766. For Nikolaus Joseph, Haydn composed most of his chamber music, and numerous symphonies and operas for a vastly increased orchestra and a newly established private opera. Nikolaus Joseph, one of the most lavish art patrons of all time and immensely wealthy, built the celebrated Esterházy palace in Eisenstadt, on the southern end of the Neusiedler Lake. At his death he left Haydn a handsome pension. His nephew,

Nikolaus, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, 1765–1833, was offered (1809) the crown of Hungary by Napoleon I but refused it.

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Nevertheless, Eisenstadt forms the focal point of Austria's lavish year-long celebrations because it was here that he lived and worked for much of his career as court composer to the wealthy Esterhazy family.

Celebrations mark 200 years since Haydn's death by AFP / AFP Global Edition

In the countryside, the great aristocratic estates had been broken up, their owners such as the Esterhazy family humbled and banished to remote settlements for menial labour.

From revolution to revolution: Hungary in 1956 and 2006 by Land, Thomas / Contemporary Review

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