cabinet but withdrew due to their extremist views. politician, anthropologist, painter, poet István Erdődy (b. 1813, d. 1896) Mediated the Austro-Hungarian compromise of 1848 Sidonija Erdődy Rubido (b. 1819, d. 1884) Opera singer Ferenc Xavér Erdődy (b. 1830, d. 1896) István (Stjepan) Erdődy (b. 1848, d. 1922) Politician, last owner of Jastrebarsko estate Tamás Erdődy (b. 1886, d. 1931) Aide-de-camp and childhood friend of the last Emperor Charles The family owned many estates in western Hungary and in Croatia and were one of the largest landowners in the empire, making them magnates of the empire. The Palais Erdődy in Vienna, which was acquired by the Erdődy family from the Esterházys, suffered bombing damage during World War II and was consequently demolished in 1955. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Erdődys' possessions in the successor states of the monarchy were reduced, mostly through forced expropriation by the Béla Kun regime. This caused some of the family to flee west into Germany and France. During World War II, the Bavarian royal family, relatives of the Erdődy family, stayed in the castles of Somlóvár and Vép, after they had fled from the Nazis in Germany. The invasion of the Soviet Red Army forced most descendants of the family to flee to the West and resulted in their complete expropriation and the destruction of most of their goods. See also List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary References External links Hungarian nobility Croatian nobility Croatian noble families Austrian noble families Families of the Habsburg monarchy