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Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein. Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, son of the reigning Prince Hans-Adam II, has tragically died, a recent announcement revealed.He was 51. According to an ...
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The monarchy of Liechtenstein is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of Liechtenstein. The current monarch is Prince Hans-Adam II. [1] The House of Liechtenstein, after which the sovereign principality was named in 1719, hails from Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria, which the ...
The family originates from Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria (near Vienna), which the family possessed from at least 1136 to the 13th century, and from 1807 onwards. The progenitor Hugo von Liechtenstein (d. 1156) built Liechtenstein Castle around 1122-36 on a fief that he received from the Babenberg margraves of Austria.
Liechtenstein: Hans-Adam I 16 August 1662 – 16 June 1712 (aged 49) 5 April 1684: 16 June 1712 (28 years, 72 days) Son of Karl Eusebius: Liechtenstein: Joseph Wenzel I 9 August 1696 – 10 February 1772 (aged 75) 16 June 1712: 12 March 1718 (5 years, 269 days) Great-grandnephew of Karl I: Liechtenstein: Anton Florian
Martin Risch (/ r ˈ ɪ ʃ / German: [mˈaɾtɪn rˈɪʃ]; 17 September 1899 – 5 January 1970) was a physician and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1960 to 1965.
Franz Joseph II (Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; [a] 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989.
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 ...