Goëss, Anton Graf#
b. Stra near Venice (Italy), Aug. 6, 1816, d. Vienna, May 20, 1887, officer and politician; son of Count Peter Goëss, cousin of Count Zeno Vinzenz Goëss and Count Leopold Goëss. 1861-76 Governor of Carinthia; from 1861 member of the Herrenhaus; advocated the adoption of an Austrian constitution. Awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1878.
Literature#
Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon