Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria

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Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria

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Archduke Rainer as Minister President of Austria, Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser, 1860

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz; 11 January 1827, Milan – 27 January 1913, Vienna) was an Austrian prime minister. He was a son of Archduke Rainer Joseph.

In 1852, he married his cousin Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (1825-1915), daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The marriage was a very happy one, and the couple was probably the most popular amongst the Habsburg family. The marriage remained childless.

Rainer was also a general in the Imperial Army, and very interested in art and science, in particular the emerging Papyrology. He donated his Fayum collection in 1899 to the Austrian National Library.

Ancestry

Preceded by
Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
Minister-President of Austria
4 February 1861 - 26 June 1865
Succeeded by
Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly



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