JUDr. Bedřich Schwarzenberg (1862-1936), a prominent person of Czech public life in the 19th and 20th century

The dukes of Schwarzenberg appertained to rich and powerful aristocratic families in Austria-Hungary. This diploma work is tryig to describe the elementary life moments of one of them, Bedřich / Friedrich (Fido) Schwarzenberg (1862-1936). Contains the basic informations from his personal life (birth, childhood, marriage, family events) and from public activity, particularly in political field. The historical period in which Bedřich lived, was abundant in many social inversions that broke the traditional political and economic leadership of nobilty in monarchy. Since 1848 all noble families had to share its political privileges with civil elite and the second aspect of historical evolution in Austria lay in fight for political, economic, cultural and especially language equality