Background
Unlike his ancestors, Nikolaus didn"t spent his youth in the Schloss Esterháza in Hungary, but in England, where his father, Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy, was Ambassador for the Austrian Emperor.
Unlike his ancestors, Nikolaus didn"t spent his youth in the Schloss Esterháza in Hungary, but in England, where his father, Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy, was Ambassador for the Austrian Emperor.
Miklós, German: Nikolaus III Esterházy (Regensburg, June 25, 1817 - Vienna, January 28, 1894) was the ninth prince of the Hungarian House of Esterházy. Nikolaus married the English Sarah Frederica Caroline Child Villiers (1822–1853), daughter of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey and Lady Sarah Sophia Fane. After his return from England, Nikolaus entered in the service of the new Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and accompanied him on his travels through Hungary and Transylvania.
In 1866, he succeeded his father, but under very difficult circumstances.
Nikolaus was forced to sell the family"s collection of paintings to the Kingdom of Hungary. These paintings constitute the core of the collection of the present-day Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest).
He had 3 sons and was succeeded by the eldest, Paul IV, Prince Esterházy.
