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Durchlaucht Alfred August, Fürst zu Windischgraetz
Prince Alfred August of Windischgraetz in 1893
Minister-President of Austria
In office 11 November 1893 – 19 June 1895
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Eduard von Taaffe
Succeeded by	Erich von Kielmansegg
Personal details
Born	(1851-10-31)31 October 1851 Prague,Kingdom of Bohemia,Austrian Empire
Died	23 November 1927(1927-11-23) (aged 76) Tachov,Bohemia,Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Princess Gabrielle vonAuersperg ​ ​ (m. 1877)​
Children	Princess Maria Hedwig ofWindisch-Grätz Prince Alfred Ludwig ofWindisch-Grätz Princess Christine ofWindisch-Grätz Prince Vincenz Alfred ofWindisch-Grätz Princess Agnes Mathilde ofWindisch-Grätz Princess Wilhelmine ofWindisch-Grätz Princess Maria Aglaë ofWindisch-Grätz
Parent(s)	Alfred II, Prince ofWindisch-Grätz Princess Hedwig ofLobkowicz

Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (German:Alfred August Karl Maria Wolfgang Erwin Fürst zu Windisch-Grätz; 31 October 1851,Prague – 23 November 1927,Tachov) was aBohemian andAustrian nobleman, anAustro-Hungarian statesman who served as 11th Minister-President of Austria between 1893 and 1895, replacingEduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, who previously held this position for 14 straight years.

Born into an oldHouse of Windisch-Grätz, one of the most prominentAustrian noble families, he was the only child ofAlfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1819-1876),Lieutenant field marshal in theImperial Austrian Army, and his wife, Princess Hedwig ofLobkowicz (1829-1852), the eldest daughter of Prince August Longin Josef of Lobkowicz (1797-1848),Governor ofLombardy, and his wife, Princess Bertha ofSchwarzenberg (1807-1883).^[1]

His family owned large estates in theWesternBohemia, German-populated area near the border withGermany. Alfred and his family resided inTachov palace,Plzeň Region, which stayed in their possession until the beginning ofWWII in 1939. His grandfather,Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz had begun to transform an old Tachov castle into a town palace, but his plans remained partly unfulfilled. Alfred III served as the 11thMinister-President of Austria and was President of theImperial Council from 1895 to 1918. He was alsoHereditary Master of the Horse in theDuchy of Styria andStandesherr in theKingdom of Württemberg.

He was married to Princess Marie Gabrielle Eleonore von Auersperg (1855-1933), the eldest daughter of Prince Vincenz Karl Joseph Gabriel Heinrich vonAuersperg (1813-67) and his wife, Countess Wilhemine Josephine vonColloredo-Mannsfeld (1826-1898). Together, they had seven children, two sons and five daughters:

• Hereditary Prince Alfred Ludwig of Windisch-Grätz (1879-1880); died as a baby
• Hereditary Prince Vincenz Alfred Wilhelm Maria Gabriel of Windisch-Grätz (1882-1913); never married
• Princess Maria Hedwig Anna Bertha Wilhelmine Christiane Elisabeth Rositta ofWindisch-Grätz (1878-1918); who married an Austrian ambassador toSt. Petersburg,Count Frigyes Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget at the outbreak ofWorld War I. They were maternal grandparents ofPrincess Michael of Kent (formerly Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz).
• Princess Christiane Maria Wilhelmine Eleonore Gabriele Juliana Aloysia of Windisch-Grätz (1881-1895); died as a teenager
• Princess Agnes Mathilde Maria Bertha Eleonore Valentine Juliana of Windisch-Grätz (1884-1969); married Count Adolf Maria vonThun und Hohenstein (1880-1957)
• Princess Wilhelmine of Windisch-Grätz (1885-1886); died as a baby
• Princess Maria-Aglaë Christiane Hedwig Gabriele Wilhelmine Hygina Ernestine of Windisch-Grätz (1887-1961); married Count KarlApponyi de Nagy-Appony (1878-1959)^[2]

• Knight of theOrder of the Golden Fleece,1884^[3]
• Grand Cross of theOrder of St. Stephen,1895^[3]

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