Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein

Joseph Johann Adam
Prince of Liechtenstein
Reign	11 October 1721 – 17 December 1732
Predecessor	Anton Florian
Successor	Joseph Wenzel I
Born	(1690-05-25)25 May 1690 Vienna
Died	17 December 1732(1732-12-17) (aged 42) Valtice
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Maria Gabriele of Liechtenstein Marianne of Thun-Hohenstein Maria Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg Maria Anna Kottulinska
Names Josef Johann Adam
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Anton Florian
Mother	Countess Eleonore Barbara of Thun-Hohenstein

Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (25 May 1690 – 17 December 1732) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1721 to his death.

Born in Vienna, he was the only living son of Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein. Johann Josef Adam served under his father for a short time during the War of the Spanish Succession and later fought against the French under the Duke of Marlborough. After the Treaty of Utrecht he became Imperial Privy Counsellor in Vienna.

He was the 661st Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He died in Valtice in 1732.

Marriages and issue

On 1 December 1712, Joseph married firstly his cousin Maria Gabriele, Princess of Liechtenstein (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 Vienna, 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 1735 (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 of Schwarzenberg.
• 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 Kottulinska 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).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein

16. Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg 8. Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein 17. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg 4. Prince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein 18. Enno III, Count of East Frisia 9. Countess Agnes of East Frisia 19. Countess Walburga of Rietberg 2. Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein 20. Count Werner of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck 10. Count Ernst Friedrich of Salm-Reifferscheidt 21. Countess Maria of Limburg-Stirum 5. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt 22. Emich IX, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 11. Countess Maria Ursula of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 23. Baroness Ursula of Fleckenstein 1. Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein 24. Count Johann Cyprian of Thun and Hohenstein 12. Count Johann Sigismund of Thun and Hohenstein 25. Baroness Anna Maria of Preysing 6. Count Michael Oswald of Thund and Hohenstein 26. Count Marcus Oswald of Wolkenstein-Trostburg 13. Countess Anna Margaretha of Wolkenstein-Trostburg 27. Countess Anna Maria Khuen of Belasi 3. Countess Eleonore Barbara of Thun and Hohenstein 28. Count Nicolaus of Lodron 14. Count Christoph of Lodron 29. Baroness Dorothea of Welsberg 7. Countess Elisabeth of Lodron 30. Count Anton of Spaur and Flavon 15. Countess Katharina of Spaur and Flavon 31. Baroness Emerentia of Preysing

External links

• Princely House of Liechtenstein