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

Biography

Born into a prominent Austro-Hungarian princely noble family of Bohemian
Kingdom of Bohemia
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 origin (the Clary-Aldringen
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s), 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.. He is the brother of Prince Siegfried
Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen
Siegfried Graf von Clary und Aldringen was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat during the time before World War I.-Life:...

.

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

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

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