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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy

1714 - 1790

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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (Hungarian: Esterházy I. Miklós, German: Nikolaus I. Joseph Fürst Esterhazy; slovensky Mikuláš I. Esterházy; 18 December 1714 – 28 September 1790) was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. His building of palaces, extravagant clothing, and taste for opera and other grand musical productions led to his being given the title "the Magnificent". He is remembered as the principal employer of the composer Joseph Haydn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is the 458th most popular composer (down from 370th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Austria (down from 344th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Austrian Composer.

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is most famous for being a Hungarian nobleman and composer who lived from 1732 to 1790. He is considered to be one of the most important composers of classical music in the 18th century.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 458 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruno Maderna, Christoph Graupner, Simon Mayr, Ariel Ramírez, Stefano Landi, and Alfred Einstein. After him are Heinrich Marschner, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Gabriel Pierné, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Pēteris Vasks, and Ferenc Erkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 13. Before him are Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Emer de Vattel. After him are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, César-François Cassini de Thury, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, George Whitefield, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, and Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi. Among people deceased in 1790, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 8. Before him are Benjamin Franklin, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, and Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Mohammed ben Abdallah, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, William Cullen, Johann II Bernoulli, and Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 394 out of 1,424. Before him are Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371), Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), Emilie Louise Flöge (1874), Theodor Körner (1873), Eduard Roschmann (1908), and Leopold Fitzinger (1802). After him are Christine Kaufmann (1945), Gordon Gollob (1912), Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), and Mizzi Kaspar (1864).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 30. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Clemens Krauss (1893), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), and Ernst Krenek (1900). After him are Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), Robert Fuchs (1847), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), Johann Strauss III (1866), and Hans Krása (1899).

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