Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen
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Durchlaucht Manfred Graf von Clary-und-Aldringen |
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| 16th Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | |
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In office 2 October 1899 – 21 December 1899 |
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| Monarch | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| Preceded by | Franz Fürst von Thun und Hohenstein |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Ritter von Wittek |
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30 May 1852 Palais Mollard-Clary, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 12 February 1929 (aged 76) Salzburg, Republic of Austria |
| Spouse(s) | Countess Franziska Pejácsevich von Veröcze |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Religion | Roman Catholic Church |
Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (30 May 1852 Palais Mollard-Clary, Vienna – 12 February 1928 Castle Herrnau, Salzburg) was an Austro-Hungarian nobleman and statesman. He served as the 16th Minister-President of Cisleithania (therefore the 28th Minister-President of Austria overall).
Born into a prominent Austro-Hungarian princely family of Bohemian origin (the Clary-Aldringens), the son of Fürst (prince) Edmund Moritz and Fürstin (princess) Elisabeth-Alexandrine von Clary-und-Aldringen, (born countess de Ficquelmont). He is the younger brother of Fürst (prince) Siegfried (1848–1929) who was a prominent Austro-Hungarian diplomat and the grandson of count Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont (1777-1857), 2nd Minister-President of the Austrian Empire.
In 1884, he married in Vienna Gräfin (countess) Franziska Pejácsevich von Veröcze, heiress of one of the most powerful family of the Croatian descending from the princes Esterházy von Galántha. The couple had two children.
Count Clary-und-Aldringen studied Law at the University of Vienna before starting a political career in Imperial Austria. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was dominated by a small circle of high nobility families that had great power and enormous riches and thus played a major role in politics and diplomacy. Count Manfred is the perfect example of such an influence.
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