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Windisch-Graetz, Alfred I. Fürst zu
© Copyright Prince Alfred (I) Windisch-Graetz, engraving around 1850 Windisch-Graetz, Prince Alfred (I), b. Brussels (Belgium), May 11, 1787, d. Vienna, March 21, 1862, field marshal; grandfather of Prince Alfred (III) of Windisch-Graetz. Crushed the revolts in Prague in June 1848, and in Vienna in Oct. 1848; defeated the Hungarians near Kapolna in Feb. 1849; was relieved of his post in March 1849; appointed commander of the citadel in Mainz; leader of the conservative federalist aristocracy and, from 1861, member of the Upper chamber of the Reichsrat. Literature: P. Müller, Feldmarschall Fürst A. Windischgrätz, 1934.
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