!!!Esterházy, Paul II. Anton Fürst

b. Eisenstadt, April 22, 1711, 
d. Eisenstadt (Burgenland), March 18, 1762, field marshal, grandson of 
Prince Paul IV  Esterházy and brother of Prince 
Nikolaus I Joseph  Esterhazy; from 1721 carried the princely 
title of the  Esterházy family of magnates. Studied in Vienna 
and Leyden, very interested in music and the arts. From 1741 supported 
Maria Theresia in the  War of the Austrian Succession (lieutenant 
field marshal in 1747) and from 1750-1753 was imperial envoy to 
Naples. In the  Seven Years' War he was cavalry general (1756), but 
retired from military service in 1758 to devote himself to 
humanitarian concerns (e.g. building the hospital of the Brothers 
Hospitallers) and cultural activities (e.g. re-organising the court 
orchestra, employing J.  Haydn as deputy director of the orchestra, 
starting a musical collection).

!Literature
J. Haydn in seiner Zeit, in: exhibition catalogue, 
Eisenstadt 1982; Bollwerk Forchtenstein, exhibition catalogue, 
Forchtenstein 1993; Die Fuersten Esterházy, exhibition 
catalogue, Eisenstadt 1995.



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