Prince Emanuel Joseph Johann of Liechtenstein (2/3 February 1700 – 15 January 1771) was the father and brother to two of
Liechtenstein
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's
monarch
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s.
Early life
Prince Emanuel was born in
Vienna
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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
Josef Wenzel I (Josef Wenzel Lorenz; 9 August 1696 – 10 February 1772), often referred to as just Wenzel, was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718, and 1748 and 1772, as well as regent of Liechtenstein between 1732 and 1745. He fi ...
.
Career
In 1749 he became the 734th
Knight
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of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
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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
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 ...
(1730–1789), who married
Princess Maria Eleonore of Oettingen-Spielberg and had issue.
* Prince Philipp Joseph Franz Maria (1731–1757), who was
killed in action
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in
Prague
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; he died unmarried and without issue.
* Prince Emanuel Joseph Bartholomäus Antonius (1732–1738), who died young.
* Prince Johann Joseph Simplicius (1734–1781), who died unmarried and without issue
* Prince Anton Joseph Johannes Achatius (1735–1737), who died young.
* Prince Joseph Wenzel Ladislaus (1736–1739), who died young.
* Princess Maria ''Amalia'' Susanna (1737–1787), who married, as his first wife,
Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch in Vienna in 1754; she died in
Milan
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* Princess Maria ''Anna'' Theresia (1738–1814), who married Count Emanuel Philibert von
Waldstein-Wartenberg in
Mährisch-Kromau in 1754, and had issue.
* Princess ''Franziska'' Xaveria Maria (1739–1821), who married
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne in
Feldsberg
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in 1755, and had issue.
* Princess Maria ''Christina'' Anna (1741–1819), who married Count Franz Ferdinand
Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau in Vienna in 1761, and had issue.
* Princess Maria ''Theresia'' Anna (1741–1766), who married
Count
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Károly József Jeromos
Pálffy of Erdöd, Chancellor of Hungary, in Vienna in 1763, and had issue
* Prince Josef Leopold Sebastian Emanuel (1743–1771), who died unmarried and without issue in
Gaya,
India
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.
Prince Emanuel died on 15 January 1771 in Vienna. His widow died in Vienna on 7 January 1777.
Ancestry
References
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18th-century Austrian people
Princes of the Holy Roman Empire
Liechtenstein princes
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
Nobility from Vienna
1700 births
1771 deaths