Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein (1700–1771)

Emanuel Joseph Johann
Prince of Liechtenstein
Born2 or 3 February 1700
Vienna
Died15 January 1771(1771-01-15) (aged 70)
Vienna
Spouse
Countess Maria Anna Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt, Baroness of Hollenburg and Finkenstein
(m. 1726; died 1777)
Issue13;include Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince Karl Borromäus
Names
Emanuel Joseph Johann
HouseLiechtenstein
FatherPrince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein
MotherCountess Christina Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

Prince Emanuel Joseph Johann of Liechtenstein (2/3 February 1700 – 15 January 1771) was the father and brother to two of Liechtenstein's monarchs.

Early life

Prince Emanuel was born in Vienna on 2/3 February 1700. the second son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (1664–1704) and Countess Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1665–1730). His elder brother was Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Career

In 1749 he became the 734th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Personal life

On 14 January 1726, he married Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt (1706–1777) in Vienna. They had thirteen children. Their eldest son became monarch of Liechtenstein when Emanuel's brother died without any surviving heirs.

Prince Emanuel died on 15 January 1771 in Vienna. His widow died in Vienna on 7 January 1777.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein (1700–1771)
16. Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg
8. Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein
17. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg
4. Prince Hartmann III of Liechtenstein
18. Enno III of East Frisia
9. Countess Agnes of East Frisia
19. Walburgis, Countess of Rietberg
2. Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein
20. Count Werner of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck
10. Count Ernst Friedrich of Salm-Reifferscheidt
21. Countess Maria of Limburg-Stirum
5. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth Salm-Reifferscheidt
22. Emich IX, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
11. Countess Maria Ursula of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
23. Baroness Ursula of Fleckenstein
1. Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein
24. Louis III, Count of Löwenstein
12. Johann Dietrich, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
25. Countess Anna of Stolberg-Königstein
6. Ferdinand Charles, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
26. Count Philipp von der Marck
13. Countess Josephine von der Marck
27. Countess Katharine of Manderscheid-Virneburg
3. Princess Christina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
28. Count Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
14. Count and Landgrave Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
29. Countess Elisabeth of Sulz
7. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg
30. John George, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
15. Princess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
31. Countess Franziska of Salm-Neufville

References

  1. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von (1864). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich: enthaltend die Lebensskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche 1750 bis 1850 im Kaiserstaate und in seinen Kronländern gelebt haben. Károlyi - Kiwisch und Nachträge. Klácel - Korzistka (in German). Verlag d. typograf.-literarisch-artist. Anstalt. p. 5. Retrieved 5 March 2025.