Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (1842–1907)
Liechtensteiner prince (1842–1907)
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Prince Alfred Louis of Liechtenstein (Alfred Aloys Eduard; 11 July 1842 – 8 October 1907) was a major in the Imperial Austrian Army and later a member of the Imperial Council. He was the son of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein and Countess Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Piława, older brother of Prince Louis of Liechtenstein, and cousin and brother-in-law of Franz I of Liechtenstein.
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Frauenthal Castle, Austrian Empire
Vranov, Austria-Hungary
| Prince Alfred | |||||
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Prince Alfred in 1903 | |||||
| Born | 11 July 1842 Frauenthal Castle, Austrian Empire | ||||
| Died | 8 October 1907 (aged 65) Vranov, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Burial | Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Franziska Prince Franz Prince Aloys Princess Maria Theresia Prince Johannes Prince Alfred Roman Prince Heinrich Prince Karl Aloys Prince Georg | ||||
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| House | Liechtenstein | ||||
| Father | Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Mother | Countess Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Piława | ||||
Career
Prince Alfred studied law in Vienna before joining the Imperial Austrian Army, retiring in 1866 with the rank of major. From there, he entered into politics and was a member of the Landtag of Styria from 1873 to 1899 and also the Imperial Council of Austria from 1879; he was a member of the House of Lords from 1887. In the House of Lords, Alfred was considered a Catholic-conservative and the leader of the clerical wing of the right, believing in a corporatist state; in 1881, alongside his brother Prince Aloys, founded the Christian-social reformist Liechtenstein Club.[1]
In 1899 Alfred was given a mandate to form a government, but ultimately rejected it due to resistance from left-wing parties. In 1902 Alfred, his wife, and a few of their children renounced their Austrian citizenship and became naturalized citizens in Vaduz. The following year, he donated 2,000 Austrian krone to the Vaduz poor relief fund.[1]
He was the 1,143rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria in 1903.[1][2]
Marriage and issue
On 26 April 1865, in Vienna, he married his first cousin Princess Henriette Maria Norberta (Schloss Liechtenstein bei Mödling, 6 June 1843 – Schloss Frauenthal, 24 December 1931), daughter of Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein. They had ten children together.[3]
- Princess Franziska Maria Johanna (Vienna, 21 August 1866 – Schloss Frauenthal, 23 December 1939), unmarried and without issue
- Prince Franz of Liechtenstein (Vienna, 24 January 1868 – Graz, 26 August 1929), unmarried and without issue.[4]
- Princess Julia (Vienna, 24 January 1868 – Vienna, 24 January 1868)
- Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955); married Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria; renounced his succession rights in favor of his son Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein in 1923
- Princess Maria Theresia Julie (Hollenegg, 9 September 1871 – Schloss Frauenthal, 9 April 1964), unmarried and without issue
- Prince Johannes Franz Alfred Maria Caspar Melchior Balthasar (Vienna, 6 January 1873 – Hollenegg, 3 September 1959), 1,220th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1921, married in Budapest on 6 September 1906 Marie Gräfin Andrássy von Czik-Szent-Király und Krasna-Horka (Budapest, 7 December 1886 – Vienna, 14 December 1961), and had issue
- Prince Alfred Roman (Vienna, 6 April 1875 – Waldstein bei Peggau, Styria, 25 October 1930), married in Munich on 19 February 1912 Theresia Maria Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein (Munich, 1 June 1887 – Waldstein, 29 May 1971). They had four children together.[5]
- Prince Heinrich Aloys Maria Joseph (Hollenegg, 21 June 1877 – k.i.a. in World War I in Warsaw, 16 August 1915), unmarried and without issue
- Prince Karl Aloys (Frauenthal, 16 September 1878 – Frauenthal, 20 June 1955), married civilly in Stuttgart on 31 March 1921 and religiously in Tegernsee on 5 April 1921 Elisabeth Prinzessin von Urach Gräfin von Württemberg Princess of Lithuania (Schloss Lichtenstein, 23 August 1894 – Frauenthal, 13 October 1962), daughter of Mindaugas II of Lithuania and first wife Duchess Amalie in Bayern,[citation needed] and had issue.
- Prince Georg Hartmann Joseph Maria Mathäus (Pater Ildefons, O.S.B.) (Vienna, 22 February 1880 – Hollenegg, 14 April 1931), a Benedictine Monk in Prague
Alfred died on 8 October 1907, aged 65.[2]