Fidél Pálffy [SEP] date of death
Fidél Pálffy
Count Fidél Pálffy de Erdőd (6 May 1895 Svätý Jur – 2 March 1946 Budapest) was a Hungarian nobleman who emerged as a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary.
Early life.
After service in the First World War he lived on an estate in Czechoslovakia before returning to Hungary, where he was left bankrupt by the Great Depression of 1929.
Pro-Nazi activity.
He founded a group called the Hungarian National Socialist Party in 1933 and later merged it with two similar groups under Sándor
Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
- Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1657/67–1732), Imperial field marshal and Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
- Lipót Pálffy de Erdőd (1764–1825), Major General
- Ferdinand Palffy von Erdöd (1774–1840), mining engineer in the Austrian Empire and Vienna Theatre manager
- Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946), Hungarian nobleman who was a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary
Other people named Pálffy.
Other notable people with the surname include:
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