Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen

Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (30 May 1852, Vienna – 12 February 1928 Castle Herrnau, Salzburg) was an Austro-Hungarian nobleman and statesman.

Biography

Born into a prominent Austro-Hungarian princely noble family of Bohemian origin (the Clary-Aldringens), the son of Prince Edmund Moritz and Princess Elisabeth-Alexandrine von Clary-und-Aldringen, (born Countess de Ficquelmont). In 1884, he married Franziska (born Gräfin Pejácsevich von Veröcze) in Vienna. The couple had two children.^[1]. He is the brother of Prince Siegfried.

Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen.

Count Clary-und-Aldringen studied Law at the University of Vienna before starting a political career in Imperial Austria. On February 22, 1896 he became Governor of the Länder of Austrian-Silesia then, from 1898 to 1918, he was Governor and representant at the Imperial Austrian Reischrat (Imperial Austrian Council) for the Länder of Styria ^[2]. Count Clary und Aldringen is widely seen as a modernizer known for successfully fighting Tuberculosis when he was President of the Austrian Red Cross in Kronland.

From October 2 to December 21, 1899, Count Clary-und-Aldringen served as Minister-President of Austria, following the steps of his grandfather,

Notes

1. ^ Clary u. Aldringen
2. ^ Clary-Aldringen Manfred Graf. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 149.

Bibliography

• Clary-Aldringen, Manfred Gf.. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 149.
• Ableitinger, Alfred: Badeni – Thun – Clary-Aldringen – Eulenburg. Das österreichische Regierungssystem in der Krise der Jahre 1897–1899. In: Gernot Peter Obersteiner (Hrsg.): Festschrift Gerhard Pferschy zum 70. Geburtstag. Historische Landeskommission für Steiermark, Graz 2000, ISBN 3-901251-15-4, S. 327–349.
• Flooh-Wagnes, Elma: Manfred Graf Clary und Aldringen. Der letzte k. k. Statthalter in Steiermark. Sein Leben und Wirken. Graz 1952

See also

• The House of Clary-Aldringen
• Minister-President of Austria

External links

• (Czech) Ottův slovník naučný
• (Czech) Ottův slovník naučný nové doby

See also: Manfred, Clary-Aldringen, Clary, and Aldringen

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Date of birth	30 May 1852
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Date of death	12 February 1928
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