Prince Adolf of Auersperg

Adolf Wilhelm Carl Daniel, Hereditary Prince of Auersperg (

He was provincial president of Salzburg from 1870 to 1871, and proved in that position, as well as in his subsequent political life, a staunch supporter of the constitution. Auerspergstraße is a street in the center of Salzburg that was named after Prince Adolf and his family in 1873. The street is almost 1,000 meters long and runs in a quarter circle from Schwarzstrasse to Schallmooser Hauptstrasse. Due to anti-Aristocratic sentiment during Austria's membership of the German Reich (1938–1945), Auerspergstraße was officially called Straße der SA, however the street was immediately renamed after Austria gained sovereignty in 1945.^[2]

In 1871 he succeeded

Prince Adolf's brother, Karl Wilhelm, 8th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, also served as Minister-President of Cisleithania and as the first President of the Austrian House of Lords (Herrenhaus). His other siblings were Aglae (1812–1899), Wilhelmine (1813–1886), Alexander (1818–1866) and Leopoldine (1820–1821).

Adolf was married twice:

• the first time (1845) with Baroness Aloysia Johanna Mladota von Solopisk (1820–1849), daughter of Adalbert, Baron Mladota von Solopisk and Baroness Franziska Schirndinger von Schirnding; no issue
• the second time (1857) with Countess Johanna Feststics von Tolna (1830–1884), daughter of Count Ernst Johann Wilhelm Festetics von Tolna and Baroness Johanna Clara Maria Josepha Kotz von Dobrz. This second marriage produced 5 children, including:
  • Prince of Auersperg. Karl married in 1885 Countess Eleonore Maria Gobertina Breunner von Enkevoirth (1864–1920), daughter of Count August Breunner von Enkevoirth and Countess Maria Agathe Szechenyi de Sarvár-Felsovidek
    . They had five children:
    • Prince Adolf von Auersperg (1886–1923), married (1914) to Countess Gabrielle von Clam und Gallas (their son, Karl-Adolf, 10th Prince of Auersperg, married Countess Feodore of Solms-Baruth, daughter of Prince Friedrich III zu Solms-Baruth and Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; had issue
    • Princess Agathe von Auersperg (1888–1973), married (1913) to Alexander, 5th Prince of Schönburg-Hartenstein
    • Princess Johanna von Auersperg (1890–1967), married (1917) to Count Rudolf of Meran, son of Count Franz of Meran and Countess Theresia von Lamberg (1836–1913)
    • Princess Eleonore von Auersperg (1892–1967), married (1919) to Erwin Wallner, whose son Rudolf Wellner married Countess Marie Hoyos von und zu Stichsenstein (b.1921)
    • Prince Karl von Auersperg-Breunner (1895–1980), married (1927) to Countess Henriette of Meran
  • Aglae Franziska (1868-1919), married Ferdinand Vincent, Count of Kinsky, had issue.

Honours

• Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1878

Gallery

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  Schloss Vlašim
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  Schloss Goldegg
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  Lithography by Adolf Dauthage
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  Portrait

References

• New International Encyclopedia
  (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Auersperg, Adolf Wilhelm Daniel" . Encyclopedia Americana.
• Marek, Miroslav. "Auersperg genealogy". Genealogy EU.[
  better source needed
  ] at genealogy.euweb.cz

External links

• Otto (in Czech)