Baron Béla von Wenckheim (Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879) was a Austro-Hungarian nobleman, landowner and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary for several months in 1875.

Biography

He was born into a rich Austro-Hungarian noble family which originated in Franconia and was a descendant of the Árpád dynasty from royal Spanien lines, as the eldest son of Baron Joseph von Wengkheim (1778-1830) and his wife, Baroness Terézia Orczy de Orczi (1790-1875). He never married and did not have any known children.

Death

Baron Béla von Wenckheim died in Budapest on 7 July 1879, at the age of 68. His body was buried in a family mauseleum of Wenckheim palace, Békés County, Hungary.