Prince Johann of Liechtenstein
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Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein (Johannes Franz Alfred Maria Caspar Melchior Balthasar; 6 January 1873 in Vienna – 3 September 1959 in Hollenegg), was an Austro-Hungarian noble and military leader.
Life
He was the third son of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein.
He had a career in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Between 1912-1915, he was Austro-Hungarian Marine-Attaché in Rome, but was recalled after the Italian declaration of War. Between 1917-1918 he was Frigate captain and commander of the Fleet in the harbor of Cattaro. In the last days of the First World War, he represented the Austro-Hungarian Navy in signing the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Italians.
He became 1,220th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1921. After the war, he retired from public life.
Marriage and issue
He married in Budapest on 6 September 1906 Countess Mária Gabriella Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (1886-1961), and had 4 sons:
- Prince Alfred (Betlér, 27 June 1907 - Frauenthal bei Deutschlandsberg, Styria, 28 December 1991), married in 1932 Ludmila Prinzessin von Lobkowicz (1908-1974)
- Prince Emanuel (Betlér, 22 October 1908 – Grabs, 18 October 1987), unmarried and without issue
- Prince Johannes (Vienna, 18 May 1910 - St. Gallen, 22 January 1975), married in 1936 Karoline Gräfin von Ledebur-Wicheln (1912-1996).
- Prince Constantin (Vienna, 23 December 1911 - Grabs, 28 March 2001), married firstly in 1941 Maria Elisabeth von Leutzendorff (1921 - killed in an air raid in 1944), and secondly in 1976 Helene Gräfin Esterházy von Galántha.
