Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Franz Joseph I
Prince of Liechtenstein
Franz Josef I as Knight of the Austrian Golden Fleece
Reign10 February 1772 – 18 August 1781
PredecessorJosef Wenzel I
SuccessorAloys I
Born(1726-11-19)19 November 1726
Milan
Died18 August 1781(1781-08-18) (aged 54)
Metz
Burial
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
SpouseLeopoldine von Sternberg
Names
Franz de Paula Josef Johann Nepomuk Andreas
HouseLiechtenstein
FatherPrince Emanuel of Liechtenstein
MotherCountess Anna Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt

Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Franz de Paula Josef Johann Nepomuk Andreas (19 November 1726 – 18 August 1781), was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1772 until his death.

Biography

Born in Milan, in what is now northern Italy, he was the son of Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein and Maria Anna Antonia, Countess of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt, Baroness zu Hollenburg und Finkenstein (10 September 1706 – 7 June 1777). Franz Josef was the eldest of their thirteen children. He was a nephew of Joseph Wenzel I, whom he succeeded on 10 February 1772.

Franz Joseph had been recognised heir to Liechtenstein since 1723, when his uncle's only son had died. Joseph Wenzel took Franz Joseph under his wing and Franz Joseph accompanied him in a campaign in Northern Italy, fighting with Wenzel at the Battle of Piacenza. The battle was a victory for the Holy Roman Empire, of which Liechtenstein was a part.

He was the 802nd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.

In 1763, Franz Josef traveled on behalf of the Emperor to Spain, to bring the bride of Archduke Leopold a picture of the Archduke. In 1767, he became Privy Councillor, and in 1771, he received the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Once Franz Joseph became Prince of Liechtenstein, he showed great interest in its economic problems and the ever-increasing Liechtenstein art collection. He died in Metz in 1781.

Marriage and issue

Franz Josef married Marie Leopoldine Gräfin von Sternberg (Vienna, 11 December 1733 – Feldsberg, 27 June 1809), a member of the Bohemian nobility, on 6 July 1750 in Valtice or Feldsberg. The couple had 8 children:

Ancestry

Family of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
16. Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein
8. Prince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein
17. Countess Agnes of East Frisia
4. Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein
18. Count Ernst Friedrich of Salm-Reifferscheidt
9. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt
19. Countess Maria Ursula of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
2. Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein
20. Johann Theodor, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
10. Ferdinand Charles, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
21. Countess Josephine von der Marck
5. Princess Christina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
22. Egon VII, Count and Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
11. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg
23. Princess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1. Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
24. Count Sigismund Ludwig of Dietrichstein-Hollenburg
12. Count Franz Adam of Dietrichstein-Hollenburg
25. Countess Anna Maria of Meggau
6. Count Karl Ludwig of Dietrichstein
26. Count Georg Christoph of Trauttmansdorff
13. Countess Maria Cecilia of Trauttmansdorff
27. Baroness Maria Rosalia of Rindsmaul
3. Countess Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt
28. Count Johann Maximilian of Trauttmansdorff-Gleichenberg
14. Count Georg Sigismund of Trauttmansdorff
29. Countess Mária Zsofia Pálffy of Erdöd
7. Countess Maria Theresa Anna of Trauttmansdorff
30. Count Johann Franz of Wildenstein
15. Countess Renata of Wildenstein
31. Baroness Barbara Constantia Scheidt of Leitersdorf

References

  1. ^ Theroff, Paul. "Landgravial House of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg". www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/ (Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site).[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ^ Theroff, Paul. "Princely and Countly House of Esterházy de Galántha". www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/ (Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site).[self-published source][better source needed]

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Born: 1726 Died: 1781
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Liechtenstein
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