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On 15 August 2004, Hans-Adam formally handed the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions to his eldest son Hereditary Prince Alois as regent, as a way of beginning a dynastic transition to a new generation. Legally, Hans-Adam remains the head of state. [10] Hans-Adam's father Franz Joseph II had similarly done so on 26 August 1984. [11]
The 2003 referendum was a proposal put forth by Prince Hans-Adam II to revise parts of the Constitution, on the one hand expanding the monarch's power with the authority to veto legislation, while on the other hand securing for the citizenry the option to abolish the monarchy by vote at any time without being subject to princely veto. [2]
The couple had five children: [11] Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1945). Married Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and has issue. Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein (born 1946). Married Isabelle de l'Arbre de Malander (b. 1949) and has issue. Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (born 1947).
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria; born 24 May 1995) is the eldest child of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife, Duchess Sophie Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, He is also the eldest grandchild of the current ruling prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II, and ...
Angela met Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, the second son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, at a private party in New York in 1997. [4] In 1999, the Principality of Liechtenstein's Information Bureau announced the forthcoming nuptials of Prince Maximilian to Angela Brown.
Fox News commentator Guy Benson and his husband Adam Wise became first-time fathers over the holiday weekend. The couple, who married in 2019 in a lavish Napa ceremony, exclusively shares with ...
Prince Karl I, who established primogeniture Prince Johann I Joseph, whose legitimate male patrilineal descendants are entitled to succeed Prince Hans-Adam II, the present monarch. Succession to the Liechtensteiner throne is governed by the house laws of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, which stipulate agnatic primogeniture. In 2004, the ...
Christopher Furlong/WPA Pool/Getty Images. He’s the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, putting him at number 14 in the line of succession.