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Andrassy (JULIUS COUNT andra'sh)

JULIUS, COUNT (andra'shē), Hungarian statesman, born March 8, 1823; studied at the Pest University; took part in the Revolution of COUNT JULIUS ANDRASSY 1848; was condemned to death, but escaped and went into exile; appointed Premier when self-government was restored to Hungary, in 1867; became Im perial Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1871; was a conspicuous member of the the German-Austrian alliance with Bis- Congress of Berlin in 1878; negotiated marck in 1879; and the same year retired from public life. He died Feb. 18, 1890.