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Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein
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Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein

prime minister of Austria
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Born:
September 2, 1847, Tetschen, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Děčín, Czech Republic]
Died:
November 1, 1916, Tetschen (aged 69)

Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein (born September 2, 1847, Tetschen, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Děčín, Czech Republic]—died November 1, 1916, Tetschen) was an Austrian administrator, prime minister, and governor of Bohemia, who favoured compromise with Czech nationalists but was defeated by extremist Czech and German opposition. Franz Anton was the son of Friedrich, Count von Thun und Hohenstein, and he shared the moderate pro-Czech views of his uncle Leo, Austrian minister for religious affairs and education. As governor of Bohemia from 1889, Franz supported a language compromise between Czechs and Germans. Disturbances by the nationalistic Young Czechs contributed ...(100 of 117 words)

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