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Esterházy
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Es·ter·há·zy  (str-häz)
Hungarian princely family in existence since the 17th century. Its members held a number of military, political, and religious positions and were influential patrons of the arts, particularly regarding the career of Franz Joseph Haydn.
Esterházy [ˈɛstəˌhɑːzɪ]
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(Biographies / (1714 X) a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714-90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766-90)
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In the countryside, the great aristocratic estates had been broken up, their owners such as the Esterhazy family humbled and banished to remote settlements for menial labour.
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