Pál Pálffy


Pál Pálffy ab Erdőd was a Hungarian noble and Palatine of Hungary.

Life

Pál Pálffy de Erdőd, was the fourth son of Miklós Pálffy ab Erdőd and Maria von Fugger, daughter of Markus Fugger from the wealthy Fugger family.
He was Geheimrat, Chamberlain, the first Perpetual count of Pozsony County and Captain of the Royal Castle. Between 1646 and 1649 he was Judge royal under Emperor Ferdinand III. In 1649 he became Palatine of Hungary and in 1650 Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece.
He married on 26 July 1629 with Franziska Khuen von Belasi and had three children: