Karl von Auersperg

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Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Auersperg ( Karel Vilém Auersperg in Czech ) , called Carlos von Auersperg (born May 1, 1814 in Prague , † January 4, 1890 ibid) was a Bohemian - Austrian landowner and politician. Since 1827 he was the 8th Prince of Auersperg , and in 1867/1868 he held the office of Prime Minister of the Austrian half of Austria-Hungary .

Carlos, 8th Prince of Auersperg

Life

Carlos came from the old Austrian noble family Auersperg , some of which moved from Carniola to Bohemia in the 18th and 19th centuries. His parents were Karl Wilhelm II, 7th Prince of Auersperg (1782–1827) and Friederike von Lenthe (1791–1860).

Carlos studied law, but mostly stayed on his Bohemian estates. He first appeared politically in the 1840s, when he represented the old rights of the Bohemian nobility in the assembly of estates of the Bohemian Landtag and thus came into opposition to Chancellor Metternich . After 1848 he changed his mind and stood up for the German liberals and fought all efforts of the old Czechs and young Czechs . Like his brother Adolf von Auersperg , he was a leading figure of the Bohemian nobility and an opponent of Jindřich Jaroslav Clam-Martinic .

From 1861 to 1883 he was again represented in the state parliament - with interruptions. On April 23, 1872, the emperor appointed him Oberstlandmarschall von Bohemia, an office which he held until May 31, 1883. From 1861 to 1890 he was a member of the manor house of the Austrian Imperial Council , of which he was president of the house until 1867.

Shortly after the adoption of the December constitution on December 21, he became Prime Minister of the Austrian half of Austria-Hungary on December 30, 1867 . His government was called the " Citizens' Ministry " because of the majority of its members . During his term of office, the concordat was relaxed by the May laws . Although an advocate of centralism, he agreed to negotiations with the Czechs in order to get them to work in the Imperial Council. Since Interior Minister Eduard Taaffe and Foreign Minister Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust made too extensive federalist concessions in the negotiations with the Czech National Party , he resigned on September 24, 1868 under protest.

From 1868 to 1883 he was again Oberstlandmarschall von Bohemia, fought against Prime Minister Taaffe's attempts at federalism here and in the manor house and then withdrew from public life.

Because of a condition that had existed for 15 years, Auersperg had to undergo a bladder stone operation on Christmas 1889 , which later resulted in pneumonia ending his life.

Around 1880 Auersperg had a mausoleum built for himself and his family near Losensteinleithen Castle , where he was also buried after his death. It was given its present form in 1911 under Karl Maria, 9th Prince of Auersperg . Although Losensteinleithen Castle was sold in 1953, the grave is still owned by the Auersperg family. The last descendant of the Austrian line died in November 1998 and was buried in the mausoleum. For the Bohemian line, the Auersperg family crypt is in Vlašim in Bohemia.

Marriage and succession as majorate

Carlos von Auersperg, who after the early death of his father Karl Wilhelm II. Von Auersperg (1782–1827) became head of the princely house of Auersperg at the age of thirteen, married Ernestine Festetics von Tolna (1831–1901) in 1851, but remained without a biological one Progeny. After his death in 1890, Auersperg's majorate fell to his nephew, Karl Maria Alexander von Auersperg , the son of his brother Adolf von Auersperg .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Auersperg Karl (Carlos) Wilhelm Fürst. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 36.
  2. ^ Ernst Rutkowski: Letters and documents on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume 1: The constitutional large estates 1880-1899. Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-51831-3 , p. 116.
  3. ^ A b Gustav Adolf Metnitz:  Auersperg, Carlos (Karl Wilhelm Philipp) Fürst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 436 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ^ Pieter M. Judson : Exclusive revolutionaries. Liberal politics, social experience, and national identity in the Austrian Empire, 1848–1914. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1996, ISBN 0-472-10740-2 , pp. 135ff.
  5. ↑ Heribert Sturm (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of the Bohemian Countries. Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , Volume 1: p. 31.
  6. ↑ a b † Prince Karl Auersperg. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 9111/1890, January 4, 1890, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
personal data
SURNAME Auersperg, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Auersperg, Karl Wilhelm Philipp Prince of; Auersperg, Karel Vilém; Auersperg, Carlos Vilém
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian-Austrian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1890
Place of death Prague