Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe

Eduard Franz Joseph Graf von Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe was an Austrian statesman, who served for two terms as Minister-President of Cisleithania, leading cabinets from 1868 to 1870 and 1879 to 1893. He was a scion of the Irish Taaffe noble dynasty, who held hereditary titles from two countries: Imperial Counts (Reichsgrafen) of the Holy Roman Empire and viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland.

Occupation

politician

Position held

Minister-President of Austria, Member of Abgeordnetenhaus, Member of the House of Lords (Austria), Member of the Bohemian Diet

Citizenship

Austrian Empire

Born

February 24, 1833

Died

November 29, 1895