Wissenschaften) from 1849 to 1859. Later life His fall in 1859 was caused to a considerable extent by the failure in the Italian war against the Kingdom of Sardinia and Napoleon III. His reforms of the military had led to industrialization being foregone to the army, with barracks taking place of factories and infrastructural expansion, weakening. After leaving his position, Bach served as Ambassador to the Holy See from 1859 to 1867 before dying in seclusion in 1893. Notes Bibliography Macho, Eva, Alexander Freiherr von Bach. Stationen einer umstrittenen Karriere (Frankfurt am Main u.a., Peter Lang, 2009) (Beiträge zur Neueren Geschichte Österreichs, 24). External links Ottův slovník naučný 1813 births 1893 deaths People from Melk District Barons of Austria Members of the Imperial Diet (Austria) People of the Revolutions of 1848 Hungary under Habsburg rule University of Vienna alumni Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences