Lajos Batthyány
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Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár |
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| 1st Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | |
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In office 17 March – 2 October 1848 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand V |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Bertalan Szemere |
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10 February 1807 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Bratislava, Slovakia) |
| Died | 6 October 1849 (aged 42) Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire |
| Resting place | Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Spouse(s) | Antónia Zichy de Zics et Vázsonykő |
| Children | Amália Ilona Elemér |
Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.
His father was Count József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812), his mother Borbála Skerlecz (1779-1834). At an early age, he moved to Vienna with his mother and his brother after his parents' divorce. Batthyány had a private tutor, but his mother sent him to a boarding school and Battyhány rarely saw his mother again.
At the age of 16 Batthyány finished his studies at boarding school and attended the Academy in Zágráb (now University of Zagreb, Croatia). In 1826 he took a tour of duty in Italy for four years, where he was promoted to lieutenant and got his law degree.
In 1830 he became a hereditary peer in the Upper House in Hungary and took his seat in the Parliament, but at this time Battyhány was not a politician by nature.
In December 1834 he married Antónia Zichy (daughter of Károly Zichy and Antónia Batthyány). Their children were: Amália Batthyány (1837–1922), Ilona Batthyány (1842–1929) and Elemér Batthyány (1847–1932). Batthyány's friend said that Antónia (his wife) encouraged him to take on larger responsibilities in politics.
Batthyány became more involved after the 1839–1840 diet in Pozsony and was the Leader of the Opposition. He drew up a reform plan for them. Batthyány advised employing stenographers to record verbatim the proceedings of the Upper House starting in 1840.
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