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Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (German: Alfred August Karl Maria Wolfgang Erwin Fürst zu Windisch-Grätz; 31 October 1851, Prague – 23 November 1927, Tachov) was a Bohemian nobleman, an Austro-Hungarian statesman and Minister-President of Austria between 1893 and 1895.
General Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Prince of Windischgrätz (German: Alfred Candidus Ferdinand Fürst zu Windischgrätz; 11 May 1787 – 21 March 1862), a member of an old Austro-Bohemian House of Windischgrätz, was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army.
His grandson Alfred III, Prince of Windischgrätz, was an influential politician. He was succeeded by his nephew Ludwig Aladar, the owner of Sárospatak Castle, Hungary. Weriand, with the help of the rich dowry of his mother, Maria Leopoldine of Arenberg , acquired numerous castles in what is now Slovenia .
May 9, 2024 · Alfred, Fürst (prince) zu Windischgrätz was an Austrian field marshal who was the leader of the reactionary faction of the Habsburg empire during the 1848 revolutions. Of a Styrian noble family, Windischgrätz was appointed lance officer in the Habsburg imperial army in 1804, and, as a regimental.
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Aug 13, 2023 · Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz was a Bohemian nobleman and Austro-Hungarian statesman. He served as the 11th Minister-President of Cisleithania and was President of the Herrenhaus from 1895 to 1918.
After Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria appointed his Serene Highness Alfred III. Prince of Windisch-Greatz as k.&.k. Prime Minister of Austria, his Imperial Majesty and his prime minister allegedly smoked cigars while philosophizing about political strategies in the salon of the Windisch-Graetz palace.
Apr 29, 2022 · Genealogy for Alfred lll August Karl Maria Wolfgang Erwin von Windisch-Graetz (1851 - 1927) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
