Prince Karl of Auersperg

His Serene Highness Karl von Auersperg 8th Prince of Auersperg
Minister-President of Austria
In office 30 December 1867 – 24 September 1868
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (as Chairman of the Ministers' Conference)
Succeeded by	Eduard, Viscount Taaffe
President of the House of Lords (Austria)
In office 8 April 1861 – 31 December 1867
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Josef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld
In office 8 December 1868 – 15 May 1870
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Josef, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld
Succeeded by	Count Franz von Kuefstein
In office 21 December 1871 – 17 May 1879
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Count Franz von Kuefstein
Succeeded by	Ferdinand, Hereditary Count of Trauttmansdorff
Personal details
Born	(1814-05-01)1 May 1814 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	4 January 1890(1890-01-04) (aged 75) Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Constitutional Party (Austria)
Spouse	Countess Ernestine Festetics de Tolna

Karl Wilhelm Philipp, 8th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee (German: Karl Wilhelm Philipp Fürst^[1] von Auersperg, Herzog^[2] von Gottschee; 1 May 1814 in Prague – 4 January 1890 in Prague) was a Bohemian and an Austrian nobleman and statesman. He served as the first President of the Austrian House of Lords and as the first prime minister of the western part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Cisleithania).