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Prince Vincenz Karl, 2nd Prince of Auersperg-Trautson

Schloss Neuwaldegg, 15 Jul 1812 – Hietzing, 7 Jul 1867

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Facts and their sources

  • Born15 Jul 1812, Schloss Neuwaldeggnot verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the enlarged Imperial Diet, 1860or Member of the House of Lords (Austria), 1861 · Member of the Bohemian Diet, 1861–1864not verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the Bohemian Diet, 1861–1864or Member of the enlarged Imperial Diet, 1860 · Member of the House of Lords (Austria), 1861not verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the House of Lords (Austria), 1861or Member of the enlarged Imperial Diet, 1860 · Member of the Bohemian Diet, 1861–1864not verified1 source
  • Died7 Jul 1867, Hietzingnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 15 Jul 1812

    Born in Schloss Neuwaldegg

  2. 1860

    Member of the enlarged Imperial Diet

  3. 1861–1864

    Member of the Bohemian Diet

  4. 1861

    Member of the House of Lords (Austria)

  5. 26 Feb 1866

    A daughter is born

  6. 7 Jul 1867

    Dies in Hietzing, aged 54

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Schloss Neuwaldegg.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1810s · Prince is born in Schloss Neuwaldegg

What people wore

Custom sunshade headscarves

To protect against the sun, women sometimes inserted a strip of paper or cardboard into their headscarves to make the front edge extend further forward.

Getting around

Walking and river travel habits

In the early 19th century, people frequently traveled on foot, with messengers and workers walking between 25 and 40 kilometers daily. On the Danube, cargo boats called ordinari took at least a week to travel the 450 kilometers from Regensburg to Vienna.

At the table

Cheap Barley Coffee Substitute

Poor city dwellers bought a cheap, coffee-like breakfast drink made from roasted barley and syrup for 1 Kreuzer at wooden stalls.

The Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon’s armies redrew the map of Europe from Spain to Moscow; his invasion of Portugal sent its court to Rio de Janeiro.In Europe · 1803–1815

The Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon’s armies redrew the map of Europe from Spain to Moscow; his invasion of Portugal sent its court to Rio de Janeiro.

Ruedi33a · CC BY-SA 4.0

Music

The eight-minute court waltz mandate

By imperial order, a waltz played at a court ball was required to last exactly eight minutes.

Daily life

Mandatory schooling and seasonal attendance

Compulsory schooling for children aged 6 to 12 focused on religious instruction, often with schools in rural areas only operating for half the year because children were needed for pastoral labor. Classrooms were frequently overcrowded, leading some schools to split students into morning and afternoon groups to manage attendance.

What it cost

Extreme food price volatility

Food prices in the Austrian Empire were highly volatile during this period, particularly around 1811 when a bushel of wheat cost 60 florins, compared to just 4 florins in 1812 and 1824. Such sharp fluctuations made it difficult for ordinary people to maintain a stable supply of basic grains like wheat and corn.