Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria

Archduke Rainer of Austria
3rd Chairman of the Austrian Ministers' Conference
In office
4 February 1861 – 26 June 1865
MonarchFrancis Joseph I
Preceded byJohann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
Succeeded byAlexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
Personal details
Born(1827-01-11)11 January 1827
Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
Died27 January 1913(1913-01-27) (aged 86)
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Resting placeImperial Crypt
SpouseArchduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Names
Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
MotherPrincess Elisabeth of Savoy

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna. His purchases of papyri from Egypt formed the Rainer collection at the Austrian National Library.