Governor of Transylvania

The governor of Transylvania was a viceroy representing the Habsburg monarchs in the Principality (from 1765 Grand Principality) of Transylvania between 1691 and 1867.

List of governors

Seventeenth century

Term	Incumbent	Monarch	Notes	Source
1691–1708	Count György Bánffy	Leopold I Joseph I		[1][2]

Eighteenth century

Term	Incumbent	Monarch	Notes	Source
1709–1710	Baron István Haller	Joseph I		[1][2]
1710–1713	Count István Wesselényi	Joseph I Charles III		[1][3]
1713–1731	Count Zsigmond Kornis	Charles III		[1][4]
1731–1732	Count István Wesselényi	Charles III		[5]
1732–1734	Count Francis Paul Anthony Wallis	Charles III		[1][4]
1734–1755	Count János Haller	Charles III Maria Theresa		[1][4]
1755–1758	Count Frances Wenceslaus Wallis	Maria Theresa		[1][6]
1762–1763	Adolf Nikolaus von Buccow	Maria Theresa		[1][6]
1764–1767 or 1768	Count András Hadik	Maria Theresa		[1][4]
1767 or 1768–1770	Karl O'Donnell	Maria Theresa		[1][6]
1771–1773 or 1774	Joseph Auersperg	Maria Theresa		[1][4]
1774 or 1777–1787	Baron Samuel von Brukenthal	Maria Theresa		[1][4]
1787–1822	Count György Bánffy	Maria Theresa Joseph II Leopold II Francis I		[1][6]

Nineteenth century

Term	Incumbent	Monarch	Notes	Source
1822–1834	Baron János Jósika	Francis I		[1][4]
1835–1837	Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este	Ferdinand V		[1][6]
1838–1840	Count János Kornis	Ferdinand V		[1][6]
1842–1848	Count József Teleki	Ferdinand V		[1][6]
1848	Count Imre Mikó	Ferdinand V Francis Joseph I	first rule	[1][6]
1849–1851	Ludwig von Wohlgemuth	Francis Joseph I		[1][6]
1851–1858	Karl von Schwarzenberg	Francis Joseph I		[1][6]
1858–1861	Friedrich von Liechtenstein	Francis Joseph I		[1][6]
1860–1861	Count Imre Mikó	Francis Joseph I		[1][6]
1861–1867	Ludwig Folliot de Crenneville	Francis Joseph I		[1][6]

See also

• List of rulers of Transylvania
• List of Chancellors of Transylvania
• Voivode of Transylvania

Footnotes

1. Treptow, Popa 1996, p. lx.
2. Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 67.
3. Fallenbüchl 1988, pp. 67-68.
4. Fallenbüchl 1988, pp. 68., 106.
5. Markó 2006, p. 432.
6. Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 68.

References

• (in Hungarian) Fallenbüchl, Zoltán (1988). Magyarország főméltóságai [=High Dignitaries in Hungary]. Maecenas Könyvkiadó. ISBN 963-02-5536-7.
• (in Hungarian) Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon. (The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia) (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1.
• Treptow, Kurt W.; Popa, Marcel (1996). Historical Dictionary of Romania. Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 0-8108-3179-1.