Career
Farkas served as Chief Justice (Latin: personalis, Hungarian: személynök) of Hungary between 1 June 1667 and 2 September 1670. Farkas baptized on 7 May 1615 at Domanisz (today: Domaniža, Slovakia. Hungarian: Demény). He also acquired legal knowledge in the Imperial City.
He moved to Rome in 1644.
He served as commander of the Sempte Castle (today: Šintava, Slovakia) from 1644 to 1645. After that he lived in Forchtenstein/Fraknó and Eisenstadt/Kismarton.
He was also elected to the Royal Council. He oversaw the education of his uncle"s orphans after 1645.
He served as Chief Justice until his death.
He presumably died of dysentery. Esterházy married to Anna Boka de Ovocsa, the widow of a former Chief Justice Gáspár Heölgyi around 1668. They had no children.