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 mausoleum of Wenckheim palace, Békés County, Hungary.