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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy

1714 - 1790

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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (Hungarian: Esterházy I. Miklós, German: Nikolaus I. Joseph Fürst Esterhazy; slovensky Mikuláš I. Esterházy; 18 December 1714 – 28 September 1790) was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. His building of palaces, extravagant clothing, and taste for opera and other grand musical productions led to his being given the title "the Magnificent". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy has received more than 96,961 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is the 314th most popular composer (down from 285th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Austria (down from 277th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Austrian Composer.

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is most famous for being a Hungarian nobleman and composer who lived from 1732 to 1790. He is considered to be one of the most important composers of classical music in the 18th century.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 314 out of 1,216Before him are Giovanni Bottesini, Clemens Krauss, Leonardo Leo, Keith Emerson, Hugo Alfvén, and Pietro Della Valle. After him are Eugen d'Albert, John Dunstaple, Cécile Chaminade, Sigismond Thalberg, Angelo Badalamenti, and Franco Alfano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 8Before him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Claude Joseph Vernet, and Niccolò Jommelli. After him are Alaungpaya, Pontiac, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Kristijonas Donelaitis, and George Whitefield. Among people deceased in 1790, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 6Before him are Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Ernst Gideon von Laudon. After him are Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Bernhard Basedow, András Hadik, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Jacob Christian Schäffer.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 308 out of 1,237Before him are Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (1801), Clemens Krauss (1893), Hans Makart (1840), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737), Clemence of Austria (1262), and Joe Zawinul (1932). After him are Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Brassaï (1899), Raoul Hausmann (1886), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), and Friedrich Gulda (1930).

Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 28Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), Joseph Lanner (1801), and Clemens Krauss (1893). After him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Oscar Straus (1870), Robert Stolz (1880), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855).