Prince Adolf of Auersperg
Prince Adolf of Auersperg | |||||||||||||||||||
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Portrait by Eugen Felix, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President of Austria | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 November 1871 – 15 February 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Franz Joseph I of Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Baron Ludwig von Holzgethan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Karl von Stremayr | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 1878 – 15 February 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Josef Lasser von Zollheim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Karl von Stremayr | ||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Marshal of Bohemia | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1867–1870 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Count Edmund von Hartig | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Count Albert von Nostitz-Rieneck | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 July 1821 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 January 1885 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Auersperg Mausoleum, Losensteinleithen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Constitutional Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Aloise Freiin Mladota von Solopisk
(m. 1845; died 1849) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | University of Prague | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Military career | |||||||||||||||||||
| Service years | 1841–1849; 1850–1859 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Major ad honores | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Austro-Hungarian Army | ||||||||||||||||||
Prince Adolf of Auersperg (German: Adolf Wilhelm Daniel Fürst von Auersperg; 21 July 1821 – 5 January 1885) was an Austrian statesman who served as the Minister-President of Cisleithania from 1871 to 1879. A leading figure of the Constitutional Party, his premiership marked the peak of liberal political influence in the dual monarchy. Before his national leadership, he served as the Supreme Marshal of Bohemia and the Provincial President of Salzburg.