Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe
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Heinrich Graf von Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe (22 May 1872 – 25 July 1928) was an Austrian landowner who until 1919 held hereditary titles from two different countries: he was a Count (Graf) in the nobility of Austria and a viscount in the Peerage of Ireland.
He was born at
Peers of Ireland by Order of the King in Council on 28 March 1919 for bearing arms against Britain in World War I
.
On 28 April 1919, he lost his title as a Count of Austria-Hungary as well when the newly established Republic of Austria abolished nobility and outlawed the use of noble titles.
He married on 22 May 1897, in
Ellischau
.
He died in Vienna in 1928,[1] aged 56.
See also
References
- ISBN 9780224099455.