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Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Anton Florian
Prince of Liechtenstein
Reign12 March 1718 – 11 October 1721
PredecessorJoseph Wenzel I
SuccessorJoseph Johann Adam
Born(1656-05-28)28 May 1656
Wilfersdorf
Died11 October 1721(1721-10-11) (aged 65)
Vienna
Burial
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
SpouseCountess Eleonore Barbara of Thun-Hohenstein
Names
Anton Florian
HouseLiechtenstein
FatherPrince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein
MotherCountess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt

Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (28 May 1656 – 11 October 1721) was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1718 and 1721.

He was born in Wilfersdorf, in what is now Lower Austria. During the War of the Spanish Succession, he went to Spain, where he was the Chief Intendant and Prime Minister of the Archduke Karl, who became Emperor Charles VI after the sudden death of his brother in 1711. Florian returned to Vienna for Charles's coronation. He was the Imperial Chief Intendant and Chairman of the Secret Council until he died in 1721.

On 23 January 1719,[1] Charles VI created the new principality of Liechtenstein from the domains of Seigneury of Schellenberg and County of Vaduz, which were both held by the Liechtenstein family. This was done so that Anton Florian could be admitted to the Reichstag, which required that all members had land that was subordinate only to the Emperor himself (as opposed to land held in fief by higher nobles). Thus, Anton Florian became the first Prince of Liechtenstein. It is the only monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire that still exist.

He was the 591st Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He died in Vienna in 1721.

Marriage and issue

Anton Florian married Eleonore Barbara Catharina, Countess of Thun-Hohenstein (4 May 1661 – 10 February 1723) on 15 October 1679. They had 11 children, most of whom died in early childhood:

Ancestry

Family of Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
16. Baron Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice
8. Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg
17. Baroness Susanna of Liechtenstein
4. Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein
18. Karl I, Count of Ortenburg
9. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg
19. Countess Maximiliana of Fraunberg-Haag
2. Prince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein
20. Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
10. Enno III, Count of East Frisia
21. Princess Katarina of Sweden
5. Countess Agnes of East Frisia
22. Johann II, Count of Rietberg
11. Countess Walburga of Rietberg
23. Countess Agnes of Bentheim
1. Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
24. Johann IX, Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt
12. Count Werner of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck
25. Countess Elisabeth of Rennenberg
6. Count Ernst Friedrich of Salm-Reifferscheidt
26. Georg, Count of Limburg-Stirum
13. Countess Maria of Limburg-Stirum
27. Ermgard of Wisch, Countess of Bronckhorst
3. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt
28. Emich X, Count of Leinigen-Hartenburg
14. Emich IX, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
29. Countess Katharina of Nassau-Saarbrücken
7. Countess Maria Ursula of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
30. Baron Georg I of Flenckenstein
15. Baroness Ursula of Fleckenstein
31. Countess Johanna of Salm-Kyrburg

References

  1. ^ Principality of Liechtenstein
Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
Born: 1656 Died: 1721
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Liechtenstein
1718–1721 		Succeeded by


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