Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe
- Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe
Count Heinrich Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe of Corren and Baron of Ballymote, (22 May 1872 – 25 July 1928).
He was born at Innsbruck, the son of Count Eduard Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria from 1879 to 1893. As required by the Titles Deprivation Act, his name was removed from the roll of Peers of Ireland by Order of the King in Council 28 March 1919 for bearing arms against Britain in World War I.
He was also a Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
He married 22 May, 1897, in Vienna, Maria Magda Fuchs. They had a son:
* Count Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898–1967), gemologist and discoverer of taaffeite.
Maria died 3 January 1918. He married Aglaë Isescu upon the 22, June, 1919 at Ellischau.
He died in Vienna in 1928. The current male Taaffe generation are Daniel, James, and Charles Taaffe.
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