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Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (30 May 1852, Vienna – 12 February 1928 Castle Herrnau, Salzburg) was an Austro-Hungarian nobleman and statesman.
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Biography
Born into a prominent Austro-Hungarian princely noble family of Bohemian origin (the Clary-Aldringens), the son of Prince Edmund Moritz and Princess Elisabeth-Alexandrine von Clary-und-Aldringen, (born Countess de Ficquelmont). In 1884, he married Franziska (born Gräfin Pejácsevich von Veröcze) in Vienna. The couple had two children.[1]. He is the brother of Prince Siegfried.
Count Clary-und-Aldringen studied Law at the University of Vienna before starting a political career in Imperial Austria. On February 22, 1896 he became Governor of the Länder of Austrian-Silesia then, from 1898 to 1918, he was Governor and representant at the Imperial Austrian Reischrat (Imperial Austrian Council) for the Länder of Styria [2]. Count Clary und Aldringen is widely seen as a modernizer known for successfully fighting Tuberculosis when he was President of the Austrian Red Cross in Kronland.
From October 2 to December 21, 1899, Count Clary-und-Aldringen served as Minister-President of Austria, following the steps of his grandfather,
Notes
- ^ Clary u. Aldringen
- ^ Clary-Aldringen Manfred Graf. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 149.
Bibliography
- Clary-Aldringen, Manfred Gf.. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 149.
- Ableitinger, Alfred: Badeni – Thun – Clary-Aldringen – Eulenburg. Das österreichische Regierungssystem in der Krise der Jahre 1897–1899. In: Gernot Peter Obersteiner (Hrsg.): Festschrift Gerhard Pferschy zum 70. Geburtstag. Historische Landeskommission für Steiermark, Graz 2000, ISBN 3-901251-15-4, S. 327–349.
- Flooh-Wagnes, Elma: Manfred Graf Clary und Aldringen. Der letzte k. k. Statthalter in Steiermark. Sein Leben und Wirken. Graz 1952
See also
- The House of Clary-Aldringen
- Minister-President of Austria
External links
- (Czech) Ottův slovník naučný
- (Czech) Ottův slovník naučný nové doby
Categories:- 19th-century Austrian people
- Ministers-President of Austria
- Bohemian nobility
- Austrian people of Bohemian German descent
- People from Vienna
- 1852 births
- 1928 deaths
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