Prince Karl of Auersperg

His Serene Highness
Karl von Auersperg
8th Prince of Auersperg
Minister-President of Austria
In office
30 December 1867 – 24 September 1868
MonarchFrancis Joseph I
Preceded byCount Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (as Chairman of the Ministers' Conference)
Succeeded byEduard, Viscount Taaffe
President of the House of Lords (Austria)
In office
8 April 1861 – 31 December 1867
MonarchFranz Joseph I
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJosef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld
In office
8 December 1868 – 15 May 1870
MonarchFranz Joseph I
Preceded byJosef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld
Succeeded byCount Franz von Kuefstein
In office
21 December 1871 – 17 May 1879
MonarchFranz Joseph I
Preceded byCount Franz von Kuefstein
Succeeded byFerdinand, Hereditary Count of Trauttmansdorff
Personal details
Born(1814-05-01)1 May 1814
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died4 January 1890(1890-01-04) (aged 75)
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Political partyConstitutional Party (Austria)
SpouseCountess Ernestine Festetics de Tolna

Karl Wilhelm Philipp, 8th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee (German: Karl Wilhelm Philipp Fürst[1] von Auersperg, Herzog[2] von Gottschee; 1 May 1814 in Prague – 4 January 1890 in Prague) was a Bohemian and an Austrian nobleman and statesman. He served as the first President of the Austrian House of Lords and as the first prime minister of the western part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Cisleithania).

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Herzog is a title, translated as Duke, not a first or middle name. The female form is Herzogin.