Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz

Durchlaucht Alfred August, Fürst zu Windischgraetz
Prince Alfred August of Windischgraetz in 1893
Minister-President of Austria
In office 11 November 1893 – 19 June 1895
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Eduard von Taaffe
Succeeded by	Erich Kielmansegg
Personal details
Born	(1851-10-31)31 October 1851 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	23 November 1927(1927-11-23) (aged 76) Tachov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Princess Gabrielle von Auersperg
Children	Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz Prince Alfred Ludwig of Windiscg-Grätz Princess Christine of Windisch-Grätz Prince Vincenz Alfred of Windisch-Grätz Princess Agnes Mathilde of Windisch-Grätz Princess Wilhelmine of Windisch-Grätz Princess Maria Aglaë of Windisch-Grätz
Parent(s)	Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz

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.

Early life and ancestry

Born into an old House of Windisch-Grätz, he was the only child of Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1819-1876) and his wife, Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz (1829-1852).

Biography

He served as the 11th Minister-President of Cisleithania and was President of the Herrenhaus from 1895 to 1918.

Personal life

He was married to Princess Marie Gabrielle Eleonore von Auersperg (1855-1933). Through his eldest daughter, Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz (1878-1918), who married Austrian ambassador, Count Frigyes Szapáry, he was a great-grandfather of Princess Michael of Kent (formerly Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz).

Honours

• Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1884
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, 1895

Ancestry

Ancestors of Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz

16. Count Leopold Karl of Windisch-Grätz 8. Count Joseph Niclas of Windisch-Grätz 17. Countess Maria Antonia of Khevenhüller 4. Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz 18. Charles Marie Raymond, 5th Duke of Arenberg 9. Princess and Duchess Leopoldine of Arenberg 19. Countess Louise Marguerite de La Marck et de Schleiden 2. Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz 20. Johann Joseph, 5th Prince of Schwarzenberg(= 28.) 10. Joseph Johann, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg (= 14.) 21. Countess Maria Eleonore of Oettingen-Wallerstein (= 29.) 5. Princess Eleonore of Schwarzenberg 22. Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg (= 30.) 11. Princesse and Duchess Pauline of Arenberg (= 15.) 23. Louise Antoinette de Brancas-Villars, Countess of Lauragais (= 31.) 1. Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz 24. Prince August Anton of Lobkowicz 12. Prince Anton Isidor of Lobkowicz 25. Countess Maria Ludmilla Czernin of Chudenitz 6. Prince August Longin of Lobkowicz 26. Joseph, 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchynitz and Tettau 13. Countess Maria Sidonia Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 27. Countess Rosa Harrach-Rohrau of Thannhausen 3. Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz 28. Johann Joseph, 5th Prince of Schwarzenberg (= 20.) 14. Joseph Johann, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg (= 10.) 29. Countess Maria Eleonore of Oettingen-Wallerstein (= 21.) 7. Princessin Bertha of Schwarzenberg 30. Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg (= 22.) 15. Princesse and Duchess Pauline of Arenberg (= 11.) 31. Louise Antoinette de Brancas-Villars, Countess of Lauragais (= 23.)

See also

• Windisch-Graetz
• First Grammar School, Celje
• Portrait

External links

• Otto (in Czech)