A pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, an
Austrian poet; b. at Laibach in 1806. d. at Graz in 1876. He
received his earliest training at the Theresian academy, at
Vienna, and later studied philosophy and jurisprudence at Vienna
and Graz. From 1831 on he was occupied with the care of his
paternal estates at Thurn. Repeatedly he undertook journeys
through Italy, France, and England, until he married a Countess
in 1839. Henceforth he divided his time between his estates and
Vienna. In the meantime his poems had made him famous as a
champion of liberalism, and he had entered the political field.
In 1848 he was elected a member of the National Assembly at
Frankfort. Disappointed in his expectations, he withdrew and
retired to private life, from whence he did not emerge until
1830, when Austria had become a constitutional State. He was
appointed a life member of the Austrian Reichsrat serving at the
same time first as a member of the Carniolan and then of the
Styrian diet. His first collectio