Baron Tamás Esterházy de Galántha (20 December 1625 – 26 August 1652) was a Hungarian noble from the ''

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as the son of Baron Dániel Esterházy and Judit Rumy. Esterházy served as deputy castellan of the Fortress of Déva and also fought in

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. He was killed in the Battle of Vezekény in 1652, along with his younger brother Gáspár, and his cousins,

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, the head of the family and Ferenc, the firstborn son of Baron Pál Esterházy.Esterhazy Wiki
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The Battle of Vezekény
1625 births 1652 deaths Tamas Hungarian soldiers Hungarian military personnel killed in action 17th-century philanthropists People from the Kingdom of Hungary {{Hungary-noble-stub