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She graduated from European Business School in Madrid, Spain and is fluent in German, English, French and Spanish. [25] [26] Princess Tatjana is a patron of SOS Children's Village Liechtenstein, [24] president of Princess Gina of Liechtenstein Foundation [27] and also president of the board of trustees of Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein ...
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 ]
Liechtenstein: Karl Eusebius 11 April 1611 – 5 April 1684 (aged 72) 12 February 1627: 5 April 1684 (57 years, 53 days) Son of Karl I: 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
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.
She is godmother to her first cousin Princess Louise-Marguerite of Orléans, middle daughter of the duke and duchess of Vendôme. Prince Gabriel Karl Bonaventura Alfred Valerian Maria of Liechtenstein (b. 6 May 1998, Vienna), his godparents are Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Madame Gilles Lambotte, née Maria-Edla de Rambuteau.
Hans-Adam I (Johann Adam Andreas; 16 August 1662 – 16 June 1712) was the son of Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein (1611–1684) and Princess Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein (1625–1676). On 18 January 1699 [ 1 ] he acquired the seigneury of Schellenberg , and on 22 February 1712 the county of Vaduz . [ 2 ]
Karl I (30 July 1569 – 12 February 1627) was the first member of the Liechtenstein family to become a monarch of Liechtenstein; thus, he was the founder of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. Karl was the elder son of Hartmann II, Baron of Liechtenstein (1544–1585) and his wife, Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg (1547–1601).
Franz Joseph played a role in maintaining Liechtenstein's diplomatic relations. He and Georgina von Wilczek hosted Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and Anne, Princess Royal in the Vaduz Castle on 29 December 1965 and again for Prince Philip and Elizabeth II in April 1980. [citation needed]