Baron Béla Wenckheim ( Körösladány, 16 February 1811 –

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, 7 July 1879) was a Austro-Hungarian politician who served as

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for several months in 1875.

Biography

He was born into a rich Austro-Hungarian noble family which originated in

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, 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 didn't have children.https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00667075&tree=LEO

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