NOBLEMEN from Hungary

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Hungarian Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Béla II of Hungary (1108 - 1141)

With an HPI of 65.41, Béla II of Hungary is the most famous Hungarian Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 42 different languages on wikipedia.

Béla the Blind (Hungarian: Vak Béla; Croatian: Bela Slijepi; Slovak: Belo Slepý; c. 1109 – 13 February 1141) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1131 to 1141. He was blinded along with his rebellious father Álmos on the order of Álmos's brother, King Coloman of Hungary. Béla grew up in monasteries during the reign of Coloman's son Stephen II. The childless king arranged Béla's marriage with Helena of Rascia, who would become her husband's co-ruler throughout his reign. Béla was crowned king at least two months after the death of Stephen II, implying that his accession to the throne did not happen without opposition. Two violent purges were carried out among the partisans of his predecessors to strengthen Béla's rule. King Coloman's alleged son Boris tried to dethrone Béla but the king and his allies defeated the pretender's troops in 1132. In the second half of Béla's reign, Hungary adopted an active foreign policy. Bosnia and Split seem to have accepted Béla's suzerainty around 1136.

2. Edgar Ætheling (1051 - 1200)

With an HPI of 58.90, Edgar Ætheling is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 47 different languages.

Edgar Ætheling or Edgar II (c. 1052 – 1125 or after) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex. He was elected King of England by the Witan in 1066 but never crowned.

3. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870 - 1955)

With an HPI of 57.33, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria is the 3rd most famous Hungarian Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria (in German: Margarethe Klementine Maria, Erzherzogin von Österreich; in Hungarian: Habsburg–Toscanai Margit Klementina Mária főhercegnő; 6 July 1870, Alcsút, Austria-Hungary– 2 May 1955, Regensburg) was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Margarethe Klementine was also a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis.

4. Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867 - 1932)

With an HPI of 51.79, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria is the 4th most famous Hungarian Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (Maria Dorothea Amelia; German: Maria Dorothea Amalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932) was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Maria Dorothea was also a member of the House of Orléans. Philippe was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 and known to Orléanist monarchists as "Philippe VIII of France." Thus, to Orléanist monarchists, Maria Dorothea was titular Queen of France from 1896 to 1926, and Dowager Queen of France until her death in 1932.

5. Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677 - 1748)

With an HPI of 50.56, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun is the 5th most famous Hungarian Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun (or sometimes Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun), (27 August 1677 – 18 February 1748) was an Austrian Generalfeldmarschall. The current spelling of the name, and the spelling used in his time, is mostly Abensperg.