Karl Maria Alexander, 9th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of

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(26 February 1859 in

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- 19 October 1927 in Goldegg; from 1919 ''Karl Maria Alexander Auersperg'') was an

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n landowner and politician.

Biography

Karl Maria Alexander was heir to the influential

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House of Auersperg. His father,

Prince Adolf of Auersperg Prince Adolf Wilhelm Carl Daniel von Auersperg (21 July 1821 in Vlašim, Bohemia – 5 January 1885 in Schloss Goldegg, Neidling) was an Austro-Bohemian statesman. He served as 8th Minister-President of Cisleithania. Biography After studying l ...

was Minister-President of Austria. The same position was held by his uncle Prince Karl Wilhelm of Auersperg. He was cavalry master of the reserve, Chief Treasurer and Chief Land-marshal in Carniola and the

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, as well as a

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. From 1894 to 1902 he was a member of the Landtag of Lower Austria as the representative of the constitutionally loyal landowners. In 1891 he succeeded his uncle Prince Karl Wilhelm as hereditary member of the

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(''Herrenhaus''), where he became the House's vice-president and leader of the Constitutional Party from 1897 to 1907. As a member of the Reichsrat he represented the constituency of

in the Austrian

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from 1907 to 1911. He represented agricultural interests as President of the agricultural society and firmly opposed the introduction of universal suffrage.

Family

He was the son of Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel of Auersperg (1821-1885) and Countess Johanna Festetics de Tolna (1830-1884). On the death of his uncle, Prince Karl Wilhem, he became 9th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee,

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. In 1885 he married Countess Eleonore von , daughter of Count August von Breunner-Enkevoirth, with whom he had five children. Their elder son Adolf (1886-1923) continued the main Princely line, the younger son Karl (1895-1980) took the name ''Prinz von Auersperg-Breunner'' as adoptive son of his aunt, Countess Ernestine Coudenhove (born Countess Breunner), and founded a

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. * Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1886–1923), married (1914) to Countess Gabrielle von Clam und Gallas (their son, Karl Adolf, 10th Prince of Auersperg, married Countess Feodore of Solms-Baruth, daughter of Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and had issue) * Princess Agathe of Auersperg (1888–1973), married (1913) to Alexander, 5th Prince of Schönburg-Hartenstein, son of Prince Alois Schönburg-Hartenstein * Princess Johanna of Auersperg (1890–1967), married (1917) to Count Rudolf of Meran, son of Count Franz of Meran * Princess Eleonore of Auersperg (1892–1967), married (1919) to Erwin Wallner * Prince Karl von Auersperg-Breunner (1895–1980), married (1927) to Countess Henriette of

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and had issue

Honours

* : Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, ''1900''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auersperg, Karl Maria Alexander von 1859 births 1927 deaths Austrian princes Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria