Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Franz I
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Prince of Liechtenstein
Reign 11 February 1929 – 25 July 1938
Predecessor Johann II
Successor Franz Josef II
Born (1853-08-28)28 August 1853
Schloss Liechtenstein, near Vienna
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Valtice, Czechoslovakia
Burial Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse Elisabeth von Gutmann
Full name
Franz de Paula Maria Karl August
House Liechtenstein
Father Alois II
Mother Franziska Kinsky

Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Franz de Paula Maria Karl August (28 August 1853 – 25 July 1938), was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1929 and 1938. He was the son of Aloys II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky. Franz succeeded his older brother Johann II, as Prince of Liechtenstein on February 11, 1929.

Franz I served as the Austro-Hungarian ambassador at the Court of Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg between 1894 and 1899. As Prince of Liechtenstein, he continued the economic reforms initiated by his brother.

Like his brother Johann II, Franz I had no children. His nephew Prince Aloys was heir presumptive, but Aloys removed himself from the line of succession in favor of his son, Franz Josef, in 1921.

Franz I married Elisabeth von Gutmann (Vienna, 8 January 1875 – Vitznau, 28 September 1947), a noblewoman of Jewish descent, on 22 July 1929 in Vienna, without issue.

He was the 1,204th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.

In March 1938 the elderly Franz I named Franz Joseph the country's regent. Although he cited old age as his reason for relinquishing his duties, it is widely believed that it was because he had no desire to be ruling if Nazi Germany invaded his small Principality. Franz I died on 25 July 1938, and was formally succeeded by his grandnephew, Franz Joseph II.

In 1937, on the anniversary of his marriage, Franz founded the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Countess Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Countess Leopoldine of Sternberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Ludwig August Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Joachim Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Countess Maria Anna of Kirchberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Landgravine Josepha of Furstenberg-Weitra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Count Philipp Karl of Oettingen-Wallerstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Sophia Maria of Oettingen-Wallerstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Charlotte Juliane of Oettingen-Baldern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Franz de Paula, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Joseph Ernst, 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Sidonie of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Count Franz de Paula Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Ferdinand Bonaventura II, Count of Harrach-Rohrau and Thannhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Countess Rosa of Harrach-Rohrau and Thannhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Countess Maria Rosa of Harrach-Rohrau and Thannhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Count Eugen Wenzel of Wrbna and Freudenthal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Count Rudolf of Wrbna and Freudenthal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Countess Maria Theresia Kollonitz of Kollegrad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Countess Therese of Wrbna and Freudenthal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Dominik Andreas, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Countess Maria Theresia of Kaunitz-Rietberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Countess Bernhardine of Plettenberg-Wittem
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Born: 28 August 1853 Died: 25 July 1938
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Liechtenstein
1929–1938
Succeeded by
Franz Joseph II


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