Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Title: Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Subject: Princely Family of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein, Line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne, Maximilian Andreas of Dietrichstein
Collection: 1569 Births, 1627 Deaths, Knights of the Golden Fleece, Princely Family of Liechtenstein, Princes of Liechtenstein
Karl I
Prince of Liechtenstein
20 December 1608 – 12 February 1627
Karl Eusebius
12 February 1627(1627-02-12) (aged 57)
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Baroness Anna Maria Šemberová of Boskovice and Černá Hora
House of Liechtenstein
Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein
Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg
Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (30 July 1569 – 12 February 1627) was the first Liechtenstein to become the Prince of Liechtenstein, thus he was the founder of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein.
Karl was the elder son of Hartmann II, Baron of Liechtenstein (1544–1585) and his wife Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg (1547–1601). Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire appointed Karl to Chief Intendant, an important position at his court. Karl held this position until 1607. In a dispute over land between the Emperor and heir to the throne, Archduke Mathias, Karl sided with Mathias who made Karl a hereditary prince in thanks for Karl's aid, in 1608. In 1614 Karl joined the regency of the Duchy of Troppau to his possessions. In thanks for further aid at the Battle of White Mountain, Karl was appointed to the positions of proconsul and vice-regent of Bohemia in 1622 and was bestowed with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
He also gained the Duchy of Troppau on 28 December 1613 and the Silesian Duchy of Jägerndorf on 15 March 1622 and much confiscated "rebel property", and he commissioned the Liechtenstein dukedom.[1]
Became a Catholic in 1599. In 1605 Karl established the first branch North of the Alps of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, at Feldsberg in Lower Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic).
He was the 352nd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He died in Prague.
Marriage and issue
In 1590, Karl married Anna Maria Šemberová, Baroness of Boskovice and Černá Hora and Lady of Aussee (1575–1625).[2] They had at least four children:
Princess Anna Maria Franziska (7 December 1597 – 26 April 1640). Married Prince Maximilian of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg (1596 – 1655).
Princess Franziska Barbara (1604–1655). Married Wenzel Werner of T'Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1599 – 1653).[3]
Prince Heinrich (died young).
Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein (11 April 1611 – 5 April 1684).[4]
Ancestors of Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein
16. Baron Georg V of Liechtenstein
8. Baron Hartmann of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice
17. Baroness Agnes of Eckartsau
4. Baron Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice
18. Bernard, Lord of Mainburg
9. Johanna, Lady of Mainburg
19. Cunigunde, Lady of Pottendorff
2. Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg
20. Baron Heinrich VII of Liechtenstein
10. Baron Georg VI of Liechtenstein, Lord of Steyregg
21. Countess Agnes of Starhemberg
5. Baroness Susanna of Liechtenstein
22. Wolfgang IV, Baron of Polheim
11. Baroness Magdalena of Polheim
23. Baroness Johanna of Borsselen
1. Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein
24. Sebastian I, Count of Ortenburg
12. Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg
25. Baroness Maria of Rohrbach-Neuburg
6. Karl I, Count of Ortenburg
26. Baron Hans of Aichberg-Laberweinting-Söldenau-Reichsdorf
13. Baroness Veronika of Aichberg
27. Baroness Siguna of Kraigk
3. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg
28. Count Siegmund of Fraunberg-Haag
14. Leonhard II of Fraunberg, Count of Haag
29. Baroness Margareta of Aichberg
7. Countess Maximiliana of Fraunberg-Haag
30. Friedrich V, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
15. Landgravine Amalie of Leuchtenberg
31. Countess Dorothea of Rieneck
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^ Princely House of Liechtenstein
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Official biography
Born: 1569 Died: 12 February 1627
Regnal titles
New title Prince of Liechtenstein
Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Knights of the Golden Fleece
Princes of Liechtenstein
House of Habsburg, House of Vasa, House of Savoy, House of Bonaparte, House of Oldenburg
Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Vienna, Brno, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Authority control, Dynasty
Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein
Český Krumlov, Opava, Krnov, House of Eggenberg, Gradisca d'Isonzo
Line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne
United Nations, Monarchy, Liechtenstein, Princely Family of Liechtenstein, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
Maximilian Andreas of Dietrichstein
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