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Richard, Count Belcredi

prime minister of Austria
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Born:
February 12, 1823, Ingrowitz, near Svitavy [Zwittau], Moravia
Died:
December 2, 1902, Gmunden, Austria (aged 79)

Richard, Count Belcredi (born February 12, 1823, Ingrowitz, near Svitavy [Zwittau], Moravia—died December 2, 1902, Gmunden, Austria) was a statesman of the Austrian Empire who worked for a federal constitution under the Habsburg monarchy, taking the Swiss constitution as his model. His “Ministry of Counts” (July 27, 1865–Feb. 3, 1867) advocated conservative federalism under which the Slavs’ historic rights would be recognized instead of subsumed by those of the Germans and Magyars. Born into a Moravian landowning family, Belcredi entered the civil service (1842) and became governor of Silesia (1860) and Statthalter (imperial representative) at Prague (1864). After succeeding Anton ...(100 of 226 words)

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