| Karl Maria Alexander | |
| Prince of Auersperg | |
| Reign: | 4 January 1890 – 19 October 1927 |
| Reign-Type: | Period |
| Predecessor: | Karl Wilhelm |
| Successor: | Karl Adolf |
| Succession: | Head of the House of Auersperg |
| Spouse: | Countess Eleonore von Breunner-Enkevoirth |
| Issue: | Prince Adolf Princess Agathe Princess Johanna Princess Eleonore Prince Karl |
| House: | Auersperg |
| Father: | Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Auersperg |
| Mother: | Countess Johanna Festetics de Tolna |
| Birth Date: | 26 February 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Death Place: | Schloss Goldegg, Neidling, Lower Austria, Austria |
| Place Of Burial: | Mausoleum Losensteinleiten, Wolfern |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Karl Maria Alexander, 9th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee (26 February 1859 in Vienna - 19 October 1927 in Goldegg; from 1919 Karl Maria Alexander Auersperg) [1] was an Austrian landowner and politician.
Karl Maria Alexander was heir to the influential mediatized House of Auersperg. His father, Prince Adolf of Auersperg was Minister-President of Austria. The same position was held by his uncle Prince Karl Wilhelm of Auersperg. He was cavalry master of the reserve, Chief Treasurer and Chief Land-marshal in Carniola and the Windic March, as well as a Privy Councilor.
From 1894 to 1902 he was a member of the Landtag of Lower Austria as the representative of the constitutionally loyal landowners. In 1891 he succeeded his uncle Prince Karl Wilhelm as hereditary member of the House of Lords (Herrenhaus), where he became the House's vice-president and leader of the Constitutional Party from 1897 to 1907.
As a member of the Reichsrat he represented the constituency of Gottschee in the Austrian House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911.[2] He represented agricultural interests as President of the agricultural society and firmly opposed the introduction of universal suffrage.[3]
He was the son of Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel of Auersperg (1821-1885) and his wife, Countess Johanna Festetics von Tolna (1830-1884). On the death of his uncle, Prince Karl Wilhem, he became 9th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Wels.
In 1885 he married Countess Eleonore von, daughter of Count August von Breunner-Enkevoirth, with whom he had five children. Their elder son Adolf (1886-1923) continued the main Princely line, the younger son Karl (1895-1980) took the name Prinz von Auersperg-Breunner as adoptive son of his aunt, Countess Ernestine Coudenhove (born Countess Breunner), and founded a cadet branch.