Karl von Auersperg 8th Prince of Auersperg | |
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| Minister-President of Austria | |
| In office 30 December 1867 – 24 September 1868 | |
| Monarch | Francis Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (as Chairman of the Ministers' Conference) |
| Succeeded by | Eduard, Viscount Taaffe |
| President of the House of Lords (Austria) | |
| In office 8 April 1861 – 31 December 1867 | |
| Monarch | Franz Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Josef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld |
| In office 8 December 1868 – 15 May 1870 | |
| Monarch | Franz Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Josef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld |
| Succeeded by | Count Franz von Kuefstein |
| In office 21 December 1871 – 17 May 1879 | |
| Monarch | Franz Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Count Franz von Kuefstein |
| Succeeded by | Ferdinand, Hereditary Count of Trauttmansdorff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1814 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 4 January 1890 (aged 75) Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Political party | Constitutional Party (Austria) |
| Spouse | Countess 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).