Constantin von und zu Liechtenstein

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SD Prince Hans-Adam II.
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Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria von und zu Liechtenstein , Count zu Rietberg , (born March 15, 1972 in St. Gallen ) is the youngest son of the ruling Prince of Liechtenstein . Like all members of the house, he is also addressed as His Highness and bears the coat of arms of the Princely House.

Live and act

Constantin was born on March 15, 1972 in the Swiss city of St. Gallen . This makes him the youngest son of the ruling Prince Hans-Adam II. Von und zu Liechtenstein and his wife Marie geb. Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau . His paternal grandfather was Prince Franz Josef II. His two brothers are the heir to the throne Prince Alois and Prince Maximilian , his younger sister is Princess Tatjana, married. from Lattorff .

Constantin attended the Vaduz-Ebony primary school and entered the Liechtenstein grammar school in 1983 , from which he graduated in 1991 with the Matura. He enrolled at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg in 1992 and graduated in 1997 with a master's degree in law. He then worked in various functions for Raiffeisen Private Equity Management AG (RPEM) and the US investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman . Until 2011 he was a managing partner of Grünwald Equity Beteiligungs-GmbH, an investor in German medium-sized companies. Since 2012 he has been General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Prince Liechtenstein Foundation . Today he also holds other functions, such as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rice Tec AG, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fürst Liechtenstein II Foundation, Board of Directors of First Participation AG, Advisory Board of Grünwald Equity Beteiligungs GmbH and member of the Advisory Board of L-GAM.

In addition, Prince Constantin was appointed a member of the Austrian Council for Sustainable Development in Vienna , whose primary goals are the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development , concretization and visualization of sustainability as well as the support and acceleration of corresponding activities in business and society , Politics, science, media and the public are.

Marriage and descendants

Prince Constantin married Countess Kálnoky von Kőröspatak (born July 16, 1975) in Vaduz , the capital of Liechtenstein, on May 14, 1999 . The church wedding took place on July 17th in Číčov , a Slovak parish. She is the daughter of Count Alois Kálnoky von Kőröspatak and Sieglinde, b. Baroness of Oer . From this marriage there were two sons and a daughter:

  • Moritz Emanuel Maria (born May 27, 2003)
  • Georgina Maximiliana Tatjana Maria (born July 23, 2005)
  • Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria (* May 18, 2008)

succession

According to the family contract concluded in 1606, the succession of Liechtenstein is regulated patrilinearly . This puts Constantine in seventh place in the line of succession.

ancestors

Pedigree of Prince Constantin von und zu Liechtenstein
Great-great-grandparents

Prince
Alfred von und zu Liechtenstein
(1842–1907)
⚭ 1865
Princess
Henriette von und zu Liechtenstein
(1843–1931)

Archduke
Karl Ludwig of Austria
(1833–1896)
⚭ 1873
Princess
Marie Therese of Braganza
(1855–1944)

Count
Joseph von Wilczek
(1861–1929)
⚭ 1884
Countess
Elisabeth Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau
(1865–1941)

Count
Zdenko Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau
(1844–1932)
⚭ 1877
Countess
Georgine Festetics von Tolna
(1856–1934)

Prince
Ferdinand Bonaventura Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau
(1834–1904)
⚭ 1856
Princess
Marie von und zu Liechtenstein
(1835–1905)

Prince
Adolf von Auersperg
(1821–1885)
⚭ 1857
Countess
Johanna Festetics von Tolna
(1830–1884)

Count
Johann von Ledebur-Wicheln
(1842–1903)
⚭ 1868
Countess
Karoline Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
(1847–1907)

Count
Heinrich Larisch von Moennich
(1850–1918)
⚭ 1871
Countess
Henriette Larisch von Mönnich
(1853–1916)

Great-grandparents

Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein
(1869–1955)
⚭ 1903
Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878–1960)

Count Ferdinand von Wilczek
(1893–1977)
⚭ 1921
Countess Norbertine Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1888–1923)

Count Ferdinand Vincenz Rudolf Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1866–1916)
⚭ 1892
Princess Aglaë Franziska von Auersperg
(1868–1919)

Count Eugen von Ledebur-Wicheln
(1873–1945)
⚭ 1910
Countess Eleonore Larisch von Moennich
(1888–1975)

Grandparents

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Prince Franz Josef II. (1906–1989)
⚭ 1943
Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921–1989)

Count Ferdinand Carl Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1907–1969)
⚭ 1933
Countess Henriette von Ledebur-Wicheln (1910–2002)

parents

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Prince Hans-Adam II. (* 1945)
⚭ 1967
Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (* 1940)

Prince Constantin von und zu Liechtenstein (* 1972)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ House law of the Princely House of Liechtenstein of October 26, 1993, Art. 2, Para. 5 . In: Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt . No. 100 , December 6, 1993 ( online ).
  2. a b William Bortrick: HSH Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein. The Royal Family of Liechtenstein. House of Liechtenstein. Burke's Peerage, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  3. a b His Highness Prince Constantin von und zu Liechtenstein . In: exclusive . No. 69 . Vaduz, ⁠ August 2002.
  4. Group leader. Prince Liechtenstein Foundation, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
  5. ^ Members of the Council. Austrian Council for Sustainable Development, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
  6. About the Council. Austrian Council for Sustainable Development, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
  7. ^ The House Law of the Princely House of Liechtenstein. Secretariat of His Highness the Prince of Liechtenstein, accessed on May 31, 2019 .