Miklós Horthy, Jr.

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Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya II (in Hungarian, Horthy Miklós; February 14, 1907 – March 28, 1993) was the younger son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and, until the end of World War II, a politician. After the death of his elder brother István in 1942, Miklós Jr. became more powerful in his father's government and supported his efforts to end Hungary's involvement with the Axis Powers. However, on October 15, 1944 he was kidnapped by German commandos (led by Otto Skorzeny) and threatened with death unless his father surrendered. His father complied and both he and Miklós Jr. survived the war.

They went into exile in Portugal and Miklós Jr. lived almost fifty years before his death in Lisbon in 1993. He had two daughters, Zsófia (born 1928) and Nicolette (born 1929).