Tamás Esterházy | |
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Baron of Galántha | |
Full name
Baron Tamás Esterházy de Galántha
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Noble family | House of Esterházy |
Father | Baron Dániel Esterházy de Galántha |
Mother | Judit Rumy de Rum et Rábadoroszló |
Born |
Beckó, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Beckov, Slovakia) |
December 20, 1625
Died | August 26, 1652 Vezekény, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Veľké Vozokany, Slovakia) |
(aged 26)
Baron Tamás Esterházy de Galántha (20 December 1625 – 26 August 1652) was a Hungarian noble from the Csesznek branch of the Esterházy family as the son of Baron Dániel Esterházy and Judit Rumy.
Baron Tamás served as deputy castellan of the Fortress of Déva and also fought in Bohemia, Saxony under the command of Miklós Zrínyi. He was killed in the Battle of Vezekény in 1652, along with his younger brother Gáspár, and his cousins, Ladislaus, Count Esterházy, the head of the family and Ferenc, the first born son of Baron Pál Esterházy.