Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz

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Durchlaucht Alfred August, Fürst zu Windischgraetz
Prince Alfred August of Windischgraetz in 1893
11th Minister-President of Cisleithania Prince of Windisch-Grätz
In office 11 November 1893 – 19 June 1895
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Eduard Graf von Taaffe
Succeeded by	Erich Graf von 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(s)	Princess Gabrielle von Auersperg
Children	Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz
Parents	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 and Austro-Hungarian statesman. He served as the 11th Minister-President of Cisleithania and was President of the Herrenhaus from 1895 to 1918. He was married to Princess Marie Gabrielle Eleonore von Auersperg (1855-1933). Through his daughter, Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz, he was a great-grandfather of Princess Michael of Kent (formerly Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz).

He was a son of Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz and his wife Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz.

Honours[]

• Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1884^[1]
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, 1895^[1]

Ancestry[]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Otto^{[permanent dead link]} (in Czech)