Joseph Johann Adam (25 May 1690 – 17 December 1732) was the

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from 1721 to his death in 1732. Born in

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, he was the only living son of

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and Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein. Johann Josef Adam served under his father for a short time during the

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and later fought against the French under the

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. After the

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he became Imperial Privy Counsellor in

. He was the 661st

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of the

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. He died in

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in 1732.

Marriages and issue

On 1 December 1712, Joseph married firstly his cousin Maria Gabriele, Princess of

(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 his new bride died only 20 days after the wedding. On 3 August 1716, in

, Joseph married thirdly to Maria Anna Katharina, Countess of Oettingen-Spielberg (21 September 1693 – 15 April 1729), daughter of Francis Albert, 1st Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg in 1734 (previously Count). They had five children: * Princess Maria Eleonore Johanna Walburga Josepha (8 June 1717 – 1 July 1718). * Prince Joseph Anton Franz Johann Nepomuk (17 Apr 1720 – 28 November 1723). * Princess Maria Theresia Eleonora Walburga Innocentia (28 December 1721 – 19 January 1753), married Prince Joseph I Adam of Schwarzenberg (15 December 1722 – 17 February 1782). * Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (6 July 1724 – 22 December 1748). * Princess Maria Elisabeth Eleonore (born and died 18 May 1728). On 22 August 1729, Joseph married fourthly to Maria Anna, Countess Kottulinsky von Kottulin (12 May 1707 – 6 February 1788). They had two children: * Prince Anton Thomas Joseph Franz de Paula Johann Nepomuk Adam (21 December 1730 – 1731). * Princess Maria Anna Josefa Antonia Franz de Paula (posthumously 2 April 1733 – 10 December 1734).

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