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

Nineteenth century

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

See also

• List of rulers of Transylvania
• List of chancellors of Transylvania
• Voivode of Transylvania