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Princes Of Liechtenstein
There have been 16 monarchs of the Principality of Liechtenstein since 1608. The current Prince of Liechtenstein is Hans-Adam II, since 13 November 1989. The current Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein is Alois, since 15 August 2004. BBC News, 6 December 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2006. Monarchs of Liechtenstein Family tree The names in bold signify official reigning monarchs of Liechtenstein.See also * *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy headed by the prince of Liechtenstein of the House of Liechtenstein, currently led by Hans-Adam II. It is List of European countries by area, Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over and a population of 40,023. It is the world's smallest country to border two countries, and is one of the few countries with no debt. Liechtenstein is divided into Municipalities of Liechtenstein, 11 municipalities. Its capital is Vaduz, and its largest municipality is Schaan. It is a member of the United Nations, the European Free Trade Association, and the Council of Europe. It is not a member state of the European Union, but it participates i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz I, Prince Of Liechtenstein
Franz I (Franz de Paula Maria Karl August; 28 August 1853 – 25 July 1938) was Prince of Liechtenstein from 11 February 1929 until his death in 1938. Early life Franz de Paula Maria Karl August was born on 28 August 1853, to Aloys II and his wife, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau in Liechtenstein Castle. He attended the University of Vienna and the University of Prague before serving as the successor to Count Anton Graf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg as the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the Russian Empire from 1894 to 1898. He was the 1,204th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He fell in love with Elisabeth von Gutmann, widow of Baron Géza Erős of Bethlenfalva (1866–1908), who had converted to Roman Catholicism from Judaism in 1899, but his brother Johann disapproved of the relationship and refused to consent to it. In 1919, he secretly married Gutmann in Salzburg and remarried her following Johann's death on 22 July 1929. Reign On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Louis Of Liechtenstein
Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Maria of Liechtenstein (18 November 1846 – 25 March 1920), known in English as Prince Louis, was an Austrian politician and member of the House of Liechtenstein. He was a deputy in the Austrian Imperial Council from 1878 to 1889 and 1891 to 1911. From 1910 to 1918 he chaired the Christian Social Party. In 1912 he was appointed to the House of Lords. His commitment to social reforms in the spirit of the "Workers' Pope" Leo XIII and his social encyclical ''Rerum novarum'' earned him the nickname "Red Prince" (''der rote Prinz''). Early life He was born as the son of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802-1887) and his wife, Countess Julia Potocka. Louis was younger brother of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and first cousin of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein. Life and career As did most of his family, Aloys attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna. After studying law at the University of Vienna from 1864 to 1868, he joined the Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Henriette Of Liechtenstein
Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein (German: ''Henriette Maria Norberta, Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein''; 6 June 1843 – 24 December 1931) was a Princess of Liechtenstein and member of the Princely House of Liechtenstein. Family Henriette was the seventh daughter and eighth child of Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. She was a sister of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein and Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein. Marriage and issue On 26 April 1865, in Vienna, she married her first cousin Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (Prague, 11 June 1842 - Frauenthal castle, 8 October 1907), the son of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802–1887) and Countess Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Piława (1818–1895), older brother of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, and cousin and brother-in-law of Franz I of Liechtenstein. The couple had ten children together. * Princess Franziska Maria Johanna (Vienna, 21 August 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Eduard Franz Of Liechtenstein
Prince Eduard Franz of Liechtenstein (Eduard Franz Ludwig; 22 February 1809 – 27 June 1864) was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760–1836) and wife Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra, nephew of Aloys I, brother of Aloys II and uncle of Johann II and Franz I. Prince Eduard Franz was born in Vienna. Marriage and issue On 15 October 1839, in Chorostków, he married Honoria Hrabina Choloniowa-Choloniewska ( Ochlopów, 1 August 1813 – Brno, 1 September 1869), and had two children: * Prince Maria Johann ''Aloys'' (Lemberg, 25 June 1840 – Güns, 29 March 1885), married in Pressburg on 26 November 1870 Anna Gräfin von Degenfeld-Schonburg ( Ramholz, 13 May 1849 – Schwarzach im Pongau, 17 September 1933), who married secondly Andreas Graf von Plater-Syberg (- Bolzano, 18 June 1928), and had issue: ** Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria ( Arad, 12 September 1871 – Rosegg, 10 October 1959), married in Vienna on 14 October 1897 Maria Gräfin App ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Franz De Paula Of Liechtenstein
Prince Franz de Paula Joachim Joseph of Liechtenstein (25 February 1802 – 31 March 1887) was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and his princess consort, Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra. Prince Franz de Paula was a nephew of Prince Aloys I, brother of Prince Aloys II, and uncle of Princes Johann II and Franz I. Marriage and issue On 3 June 1841, in Vienna, he married Ewa Jozefina ''Julia'' Eudoxia Hrabia Potocka (Paris, 10 August 1818 – Vienna, 21 May 1895), sister of Count Alfred Józef Potocki (1817–1889), Sejm Marshal, Minister-President of Austria, and had four children: * Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (1842–1907), married his first cousin Princess Henriette Maria of Liechtenstein (1843–1931) * Princess Josefina Marie Juliane (Vienna, 22 April 1844 – Vienna, 10 October 1854), died young * Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Maria (Prague, 19 November 1846 – Vienna, 25 March 1920), married firstly in London on 27 June 1872 Marie "Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius Of Liechtenstein
Prince Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius of Liechtenstein (1767–1842) was a son of Prince Karl Borromäus of Liechtenstein and Maria Anna Antonia, Countess of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt, Baroness of Hollenburg and Finkenstein. While still a child he was destined for the Catholic priesthood and so in 1774 - at the age of nine - he was sent by his father to start his religious life at the Cathedral of Cologne. In 1783–4 (aged sixteen) he was living in Rovereto in the Italian Alps under the tutelage of ‘abate’ Carlo Tacchi (1745-1813), as recorded in the memoir of the Italian musician Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763–1842). Ferrari stated: In the years 1785–6 the Prince was in Rome studying theology and living in the monastery of St. Stefano del Cacco, where he was described in the records as ''Eccellentissimo Principe Don Giuseppe Venceslao di Liechtenstein da Vienna, Canonico della Metropoli di Colonia''. In Rome, in November 1786 the now nineteen-year old Prince c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Karl Borromäus Of Liechtenstein
Prince Karl (Karl Borromäus) Michael Joseph of Liechtenstein (29 September 1730 – 21 February 1789) was an Austrian field marshal and courtier, a member of the House of Liechtenstein. He was the 805th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria in 1772. Life Born in Vienna, the second son of Emanuel, Prince of Liechtenstein (1700–1771) and Maria Anna Antonia, Countess of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt, Baroness of Hollenburg and Finkenstein, he was the younger brother of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein. In his youth, Liechtenstein was commissioned into an Austrian cavalry regiment. In 1747 he served in a campaign in the Netherlands, part of the War of the Austrian Succession, and was promoted quickly, especially during the Seven Years' War, becoming a colonel in 1757, during which year he was seriously wounded near Reichenberg. He distinguished himself in the conquest of Schweidnitz and was among the first to enter the city. As a reward he was sent to Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Of Liechtenstein
Anna Maria Antonie of Liechtenstein (11 September 1699 in Vienna – 20 January 1753 in Vienna), was a princess consort of Liechtenstein; married 19 April 1718 to her cousin prince Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein. Marriage and issue Anna Maria married firstly Count Johann Ernst of Thun und Hohenstein, Thun-Hohenstein (1694–1717), in 1716, without issue. Anna Maria married secondly her cousin, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Joseph Wenzel I of Liechtenstein (1696–1772), in 1718. They had five children, all of whom died in early childhood: * Prince Philipp Anton (1719). * Prince Philipp Anton (1720). * Prince Philipp Ernst (1722–1723). * Princess Maria Elisabeth (1724). * Princess Marie Alexandra (1727). Ancestry Sources Principality of Liechtenstein References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liechtenstein, Anna Maria Of 1699 births 1753 deaths Princesses consort of Liechtenstein Nobility from Vienna 18th-century Liechtenstein women 18th-century Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Emanuel Of Liechtenstein (1700–1771)
Prince Emanuel Joseph Johann of Liechtenstein (2/3 February 1700 – 15 January 1771) was the father and brother to two of Liechtenstein's monarchs. Early life Prince Emanuel was born in Vienna on 2/3 February 1700. the second son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (1664–1704) and Countess Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1665–1730). His elder brother was Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein. Career In 1749 he became the 734th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Personal life On 14 January 1726, he married Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt (1706–1777) in Vienna. They had thirteen children. Their eldest son became monarch of Liechtenstein when Emanuel's brother died without any surviving heirs. * Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726–1781), who married Countess Maria Leopoldine of Sternberg and had issue. * Prince Karl Borromäus of Liechtenstein (1730–1789), who married Princess Maria Eleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johann Adam, Prince Of Liechtenstein
Joseph Johann Adam (25 May 1690 – 17 December 1732) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1721 to his death in 1732. Born in Vienna, he was the only living son of Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein and Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein. Johann Josef Adam served under his father for a short time during the War of the Spanish Succession and later fought against the French under the Duke of Marlborough. After the Treaty of Utrecht he became Imperial Privy Counsellor in Vienna. He was the 661st Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He died in Valtice in 1732. Marriages and issue On 1 December 1712, Joseph married firstly his cousin Maria Gabriele, Princess of Liechtenstein (12 July 1692 – 7 November 1713), daughter of Hans-Adam I. They had one child: * Prince Karl Anton Joseph Adam Bruno (6 October 1713 – 25 March 1715) On 3 February 1716, Joseph married secondly Marianne, Countess of Thun-Hohenstein (27 September 1698 – 23 February 1716), but hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
