Johann Adam I. Andreas (Liechtenstein)

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Johann Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein
Grave of Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein in the princely crypt in the Paulan monastery in Wranau

Johann Adam Andreas , also Hans Adam Andreas (born November 30, 1657 or 1662 in Brno ; † June 16, 1712 in Vienna ) was 1699–1712 third bearer of the prince title from the Austrian House of Liechtenstein as well as Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf and acquirer of the imperial directors Territories that were the basis of the later Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein .

biography

Johann Adam Andreas was the son of Prince Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein and his wife Johanna Beatrix von Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg .

As a prince, he mainly campaigned for the reorganization of the princely administration, at the same time he wanted to reorganize the family finances. In 1687 Emperor Leopold I appointed him to the Privy Council, in 1693 he received the Order of the Golden Fleece .

But he not only acted as a financial expert within his family; The imperial family also learned to appreciate the prince's arts in financial matters. His biggest project was the rationalization of the camera administration , but in 1699 the emperor had to give in to pressure from his officials and discard Johann Adam's plans. The establishment of his own bank, the Wiener Girobank , of which he was president from 1703 to 1705, also remained unsuccessful. After these defeats, the prince was now more concerned with diplomatic matters, which is why he also traveled in 1707 as imperial commissioner to the Hungarian parliament in Pressburg .

As early as 1697, Prince Johann acquired the town of Sternberg in northern Moravia with the associated castle and the lordship of the same name. By acquiring the lordships of Schellenberg in 1699 and Vaduz in 1712, the princes of Liechtenstein came to land directly under the Empire for the first time ; this meant that Prince Johann Adam Andreas was now entitled to a seat in the Imperial Council of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , which was his long-cherished goal. Before that, he did not have any dominions that were within the empire and that had imperial immediacy . However, he was still unable to participate in the Imperial Council of Dukes with a seat and vote, since it was not until 1719 - after his death - that the two territories of Emperor Charles VI. were united to the imperial principality of Liechtenstein, so that only his second successor and cousin, Prince Anton Florian von Liechtenstein (1656; 1721), became the first ruling prince and member of the imperial council.

The prince also made a name for himself in culture because he was a great art collector and patron . The size of today's princely art collection goes back to him. Johann Adam also realized himself as a master builder; Among other things, he built two magnificent Viennese palaces, the Majorat Palace and the Liechtenstein Garden Palace . He is also the founder, but only partially named after the Alsergrund district of Lichtental in Vienna.

Johann Adam died in Vienna in 1712 . His grave is in the crypt of the House of Liechtenstein in the Paulan monastery in Wranau (Moravia). His successor as head of the family was his cousin Anton Florian , as none of his sons had survived their father.

In 1862 the Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna- Alsergrund (9th district) was named after him, indirectly also the Fürstengasse .

family

Since 1681 he was married to Edmunda Maria Theresia von Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg . The couple had seven children, but no male successor to reach adulthood. One daughter was married to a future prince of Liechtenstein, but died before her husband became prince and had no offspring.

  • Princess Elisabeth (1683–1744) ⚭ 1. Maximilian II. Jakob Moritz, Prince von und zu Liechtenstein (1641–1709); ⚭ 2nd Leopold, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1674–1744)
  • Prince Karl Joseph (1684–1704)
  • Princess Maria Antonia (1687–1750) ⚭ 1. Márk Adam, Baron Czobor de Czoborszentmihály († 1728); ⚭ 2. Karl Hrzan, Count of Harras
  • Prince Franz Dominic (1689-1711)
  • Princess Gabriele (1692–1713) ⚭ Prince Josef Johann Adam von Liechtenstein (1690–1732)
  • Princess Maria Theresia Anna Felicitas (1694–1772) ⚭ Emanuel Thomas, Duke of Savoyen-Carignan, Count of Soissons (1687–1713)
  • Princess Maria Dominika Magdalena (1698–1724) ⚭ Heinrich Josef Prince of Auersperg (1697–1783)

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Adam I. Andreas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to information from the Princely House: Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fuerstenhaus.li
  2. ↑ Johann Adam Andreas, Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf and family tree on geneall.net
predecessor Office successor
Karl Eusebius Prince of Liechtenstein
1684–1712 		Josef Wenzel
personal data
SURNAME Johann Adam I. Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Adam Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Liechtenstein
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1712
Place of death Vienna