Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg

Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg
Portrait of Grün by Heinrich von Angeli
Born(1806-04-11)11 April 1806
Laibach, Austrian Empire (today Slovenia)
Died12 September 1876(1876-09-12) (aged 70)
Graz, Austria-Hungary (today Austria)
Alma materUniversity of Graz
University of Vienna
Spouse
Maria Rosalia von Attems
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(m. 1839; died 1876)​
ChildrenTheodor Ignaz von Auersperg
Parent(s)Alexander Maria Josef Riegfried Joachim von Auersperg
Maria Rosalia Cecilia von Billichgrätz-Baumkircherthurm-Hilzenegkh
RelativesRihard Blagaj (cousin)

Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, also known under the name Anastasius Grün (11 April 1806 – 12 September 1876), was an Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola, a former Habsburg crown land in today's Slovenia.[1]

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.