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Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Aloys I
Prince of Liechtenstein
Aloys I by Stroehling
Reign18 August 1781 – 24 March 1805
PredecessorFranz Joseph I
SuccessorJohann I Joseph
BornAloys Josef Johannes Nepomuk Melchior
(1759-05-14)14 May 1759
Vienna
Died24 March 1805(1805-03-24) (aged 45)
Vienna
Burial
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
SpouseKaroline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
Names
Aloys Josef Johannes Nepomuk Melchior
HouseLiechtenstein
FatherFranz Joseph I
MotherLeopoldine von Sternberg

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (born Aloys Josef Johannes Nepomuk Melchior; 14 May 1759 in Vienna – 24 March 1805 in Vienna) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1781 until his death. He was the third son of Franz Josef I.

Aloys was enlisted in the military as a youth but withdrew due to poor health. His great interest was forestry and gardening and had many trees from overseas planted around his manors for both economic and aesthetic reasons. He also decorated Eisgrub Park with ornamental buildings. Aloys I supported mining operations within his lands in Moravia in order to raise money. This included the construction of an ironworks at Olomouc.

Aloys I also expanded the Liechtenstein library through the purchase of complete collections of books. Aloys I had the architect Joseph Hardtmuth design a new palace in Herrengasse, Vienna. He hired a seasonal theater group and a permanent music group.

During his reign, Liechtenstein carried out the last execution in its history when Barbara Erni was beheaded in Eschen for theft.

He was the 836th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.

Aloys married Karoline Gräfin von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (14 November 1768, in Köln - 11 June 1831, in Vienna) in Feldsberg on 15 November/16 November 1783. The couple was childless, and Liechtenstein went to Aloys' brother Johann I.

Ancestry

Family of Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
16. Prince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein
8. Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein
17. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt
4. Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein
18. Ferdinand Charles, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
9. Princess Christina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
19. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg
2. Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
20. Count Franz Adam of Dietrichstein-Hollenburg
10. Count Karl Ludwig of Dietrichstein
21. Countess Maria Cecilia of Trauttmansdorff
5. Countess Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt
22. Count Georg Sigismund of Trauttmansdorff
11. Countess Maria Theresa Anna of Trauttmansdorff
23. Countess Cecilia Renata of Wildenstein
1. Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
24. Count Oldřich Adolf of Sternberg
12. Count Franz Damian of Sternberg
25. Countess Anna Lucie Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk
6. Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg
26. Count Johann Friedrich of Trauttmansdorff
13. Countess Maria Josepha of Trauttmansdorff
27. Countess Marie Eleonora Holická of Sternberg
3. Countess Leopoldine of Sternberg
28. Count Franz Ottokar of Starhemberg
14. Count Conrad Sigismund of Starhemberg
29. Countess Cecilia Clara of Rindsmaul
7. Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg
30. Maximilian Charles, 1st Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
15. Princess Maria Leopoldine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
31. Countess Polyxena Khuen von Belasi of Lichtenberg and Gandegg
Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Born: 14 May 1759 Died: 24 March 1805
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Liechtenstein
1781–1805
Succeeded by