two brothers, he contributed to the increase of his family's possessions. Like other Catholic noblemen loyal to the Emperor, he profited from the redistribution in 1619 of the dispossessed fiefs of the supporters of the Bohemian revolt. He was enfeoffed by Ferdinand II with the Lordship of Uherský Ostroh, as a reward for services rendered. In 1622, he purchased the Lordships of Ostrava and Moravský Krumlov. However, he paid with bad currency. Instead of , the actual value of his money was less than . The possessions he purchased were valued at about one million guilders. However, further attempts to increase the property failed. He laid a claim on the County of Rietberg, which had been owned by his first wife, Agnes of East Frisia. He was defeated, however, by Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz in a drawn-out legal battle. His second wife was a ruling Duchess of Cieszyn and he tried to pressure her into transferring Cieszyn to him. She retired to Silesia and informed her husband that if he was interested in continuing the marriage, he had to come to Cieszyn. After her death, Cieszyn reverted to the Bohemian crown as a completed fief. Wilfersdorf was his favorite abode. He therefore had Wilfersdorf Castle converted into a water castle. Marriage and issue Gundakar von Lichtenstein was twice married. He first married in 1603 with Countess Agnes of East Frisia (1 January 1584 – 28 February 1616). They had the following children: Juliana (1605–1658), married in 1636 Count Nikolaus Fugger of Nordendorf (1596–1676) Elizabeth (1606–1630) Maximiliana Constanza (3 January 1608 – 1642), married in 1630 Count Matthias of Thurn and Valsassina Caesar (1609–1610) Johanna (1611–1611) Hartmann III (9 February 1613 – 11 February 1686), Prince of Liechtenstein, married on 27 October 1640 with Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt (6 September 1623 – 23 September 1688). He had issue: Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (28 May 1656 – 11 October 1721) Philipp Erasmus (11 September 1664 – 13 January 1704) Anna (1615–1654) After the death of his first wife, he married in 1618 Elizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn (1 June 1599 – 19 May 1653). They had three children: Maria Anna (13 August 1621 – 1655), married in 1652 Wilhelm Heinrich Schlik, Count of Passaun and Weisskirchen (d. 1652) Ferdinand John (1622–1666), married Countess Dorothea Anna of Lodron (1619–1666) Albert (1625–1627) Ancestry References Thomas Winkelbauer. Fürst und Fürstendiener. Gundaker von Liechtenstein. Ein