Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria

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His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Rainer of Austria
3rd Chairman of the Austrian Ministers' Conference
In office 4 February 1861 – 26 June 1865
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
Succeeded by	Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
Personal details
Born	(1827-01-11)11 January 1827 Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
Died	27 January 1913(1913-01-27) (aged 86) Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Resting place	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Names Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
Mother	Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna. His purchases of papyri from Egypt formed the Rainer collection at the Austrian National Library.