[1] Farkas served as Chief Justice (Latin: personalis, Hungarian: személynök) of Hungary between 1 June 1667 and 2 September 1670.

Farkas baptized on 7 May 1615 at Domanisz (today: Domaniža, Slovakia; Hungarian: Demény).

He served as commander of the Sempte Castle (today: Šintava, Slovakia) from 1644 to 1645.

In 1670, Lőcse, he was a member of the committee presided by Count Rothal which conducted an investigation against the participants of the Wesselényi conspiracy.

Esterházy married to Anna Boka de Ovocsa, the widow of a former Chief Justice Gáspár Heölgyi around 1668.