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Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein
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Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein

prime minister of Austria
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Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein (born September 2, 1847, Tetschen, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Děčín, Czech Republic]—died November 1, 1916, Tetschen) was an Austrian administrator, prime minister, and governor of Bohemia, who favoured compromise with Czech nationalists but was defeated by extremist Czech and German opposition. Franz Anton was the son of Friedrich, Count von Thun und Hohenstein, and he shared the moderate pro-Czech views of his uncle Leo, Austrian minister for religious...

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