Franz Anton Von Thun Und Hohenstein
Count Franz Anton von Thun und Hohenstein, Czech: hrabě František Antonín z Thunu a Hohensteina (1847–1916) was an Austro-Hungarian noble and statesman. He served as the Habsburg's Governor of his native Bohemia from 1889 to 1896 and again from 1911 to 1915. He was elevated to princely rank by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on July 19, 1911 but, leaving no sons, he was succeeded in the princely title by his brother Jaroslav (1864-1929).
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