!!!Albert Kasimir, Herzog von Sachsen-Teschen

b. Moritzburg near Dresden (Germany), July 11, 1738, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 10, 1822, son of Prince Friedrich August II of Saxony 
(August III, King of Poland), married  Marie Christine, daughter of 
Empress Maria Theresia. 1765-1780 Governor of Hungary, 1780-1792 
Governor-General of the Netherlands. His Viennese residence (from 
1795) houses his legacy, a fine collection of graphic art, the  
"Albertina". 1805 had a water-main laid in Vienna. Had a monument 
built by A.  Canova at his wife´s grave in the Augustinian 
Church.

!Literature
W. Koschatzky, Hzg. A. v. Sachsen-Teschen, in: 
Veroeffentlichung der Albertina 18, 1982.



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