Franz I (Liechtenstein)
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Franz I , Prince von und zu Liechtenstein , Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf , Count of Rietberg (born August 28, 1853 at Liechtenstein Castle near Mödling ; † July 25, 1938 in Feldsberg ) was the ruling Prince of Liechtenstein from 1929 until his death .
biography
Franz was the youngest son of Prince Alois II of Liechtenstein . He studied law at the universities in Vienna and Prague and worked first in the military and later in diplomacy. He also supported his brother, Prince Johann II. From 1894 to 1898 Franz was the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Saint Petersburg and maintained a close relationship with Tsar Nicholas II. At his instigation, the Institute for Eastern European History was opened in 1907 at the University of Vienna , for which books and entire libraries in Russia were bought up.
In 1914 he became an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna and was the 1,191 since 1917 . Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. After the death of his brother Johann in 1929, he took control of Liechtenstein and ruled it from afar. In 1937 he founded the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit and the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit .
Since his marriage to Elsa von Gutmann (1875–1947) , which he entered into in 1929, remained childless, he was succeeded by his great-nephew Franz Josef II , whom he had entrusted with government duties since 1930 and who also became Prince Regent in 1938.
tomb
Prince Franz I was buried in the New Crypt of the Liechtenstein family crypt in Wranau , north of Brno.
His wife Princess Elsa found her final resting place in the Princely Crypt, completed in 1960, at the Catholic cathedral and parish church of St. Florin in Vaduz .
ancestors
Pedigree of Prince Franz I von und zu Liechtenstein | ||||||||
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Great-grandparents |
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Landgrave Joachim Egon zu Fürstenberg-Weitra |
Prince Joseph Ernst Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau |
Count Rudolf von Wrbna and Freudenthal |
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Grandparents |
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Count Franz de Paula Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau |
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literature
- Marija Wakounig: Liechtenstein, Franz I. (Franciscus de Paula) from. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
- Stekl: Liechtenstein Franz (I.) Fürst von und zu. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 204 f. (Direct links on p. 204 , p. 205 ).
- Peter Geiger: Liechtenstein, Franz I. von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Wilhelm Karl Prince of Isenburg: Family tables on the history of the European states. Volume I: The German States. 2nd improved edition, JA Stargardt Verlag, Marburg 1953, plates 175-179.
- Detlef Schwennicke (Ed.): European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states. New series (EST NF), Volume III / 1, JA Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, (EST NF III / 1), panels 30–39.
- Norbert Jansen: Franz Josef II. Ruling prince from and to Liechtenstein. Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the government of the SD Official Teaching Aid Publishing House, Vaduz 1978. (multilingual edition German-English-French).
- Harald Wanger: The ruling princes of Liechtenstein. Frank P. van Eck Publishing House, Triesen 1995, ISBN 3-905501-22-8 .
- Marija Wakounig: A Grand Seigneur of Diplomacy. The mission of Franz de Paula Prince von und zu Liechtenstein in St. Petersburg 1894–1898. Vienna [ua] 2007, ISBN 978-3-7000-0742-5 .
Web links
- Portal of the Princely House of Liechtenstein - Prince Franz I.
- Newspaper article about Franz I in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg |
Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Russia 1894–1898 |
Alois Lexa from Aehrenthal |
Johann II. |
Prince of Liechtenstein 1929–1938 |
Franz Josef II. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Franz I. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franz I. von und zu Liechtenstein |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Liechtenstein |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1853 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mödling |
DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1938 |
Place of death | Feldsberg |