Governor of Transylvania

This article is about the governors administering Transylvania between 1691 and 1867 in the name of the Habsburg monarchs. For the royal governors of Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary between the 11th and 16th centuries, see Voivode 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

Eighteenth century

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

Nineteenth century

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

See also