Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein

Prince Franz de Paula
Prince of Liechtenstein
Lithographie by Josef Kriehuber, 1849
Born	25 February 1802 Vienna
Died	31 March 1887 (aged 85) Vienna
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Ewa Jozefina Julia Eudoksia Hrabina Potocka
Full name Franz de Paula Joachim Joseph
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
Mother	Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra

Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (Franz de Paula Joachim Joseph) (Vienna, 25 February 1802 – Vienna, 31 March 1887) was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760-1836) and wife Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra, nephew of Aloys I, brother of Aloys II and uncle of Johann II and Franz I.

Marriage and issue

On 3 June 1841, in Vienna, he married Ewa Jozefina Julia Eudoxia Hrabia Potocka (Paris, 10 August 1818 – Vienna, 21 May 1895), sister of Count Alfred Józef Potocki (1817–1889), Sejm Marshal, Minister-President of Austria, and had four children:

• Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (1842–1907), married his first cousin Princess Henriette Maria of Liechtenstein (1843–1931)
• Princess Josefina Marie Juliane (Vienna, 22 April 1844 – Vienna, 10 October 1854), died young
• Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Maria (Prague, 19 November 1846 – Vienna, 25 March 1920), married firstly in London on 27 June 1872 Marie "Mary" Henriette Adelaide Fox (Paris, 21 December 1850 – Schloss Burgstall, Styria, 26 December 1878), adopted daughter of Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland, and wife Lady Mary Augusta Coventry, believed to be his own natural daughter, and had issue, four daughters, and married secondly in Vienna on 20 May 1890 Johanna Elisabeth Maria von Klinkosch (Vienna, 13 August 1849 – Baden bei Wien, 31 January 1925), daughter of Joseph Ritter von Klinkosch and wife Elise Swoboda, without issue:
  • Princess Sophie Maria Josepha (Berlin, 29 March 1873 – Graz, 2 March 1947), married in Graz on 31 July 1897 Franz Ürményi d'Ürmény (Ürmény, 14 January 1863 – Baden bei Wien, 20 February 1934), without issue
  • Princess Julie Margarethe Maria (Schloss Burgstall, 20 July 1874 – Mayerling, 3 July 1950), unmarried and without issue
  • Princess Henriette Maria Josefa (Schloss Burgstall, 6 July 1875 – Pertelstein, 21 April 1958), unmarried and without issue
  • Princess Marie Johanna Franziska (Schloss Burgstall, 21 August 1877 – Vienna, 11 January 1939), married in Vienna on 7 June 1902 Franz, Graf von Meran, Freiherr von Brandhofen (Graz, 5 October 1868 - Bad Aussee, 10 November 1949), and had issue
• Prince Heinrich Karl August (Budapest, 6 November 1853 - Vienna, 15 February 1914), unmarried and without issue

Honours

• Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (Austrian Empire, 1850).^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein

16. Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein               8. Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein                       17. Princess Christina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort               4. Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein                             18. Count Karl Ludwig of Dietrichstein               9. Countess Antonia of Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt                       19. Countess Maria Theresa Anna of Trauttmansdorff               2. Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein                                   20. Count Franz Damian of Sternberg               10. Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg                       21. Countess Maria Josepha of Trauttmansdorff               5. Countess Leopoldine of Sternberg                             22. Count Conrad Sigismund of Starhemberg               11. Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg                       23. Princess Maria Leopoldine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort               1. Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein                                         24. Prosper Ferdinand, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen               12. Ludwig August Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra                       25. Countess Sophie of Königsegg-Rothenfels               6. Joachim Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra                             26. Count Maximilian of Kirchberg               13. Countess Maria Anna of Kirchberg                       27. Countess Maria Judith of Törring               3. Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra                                   28. Count Anton Karl of Oettingen-Wallerstein               14. Count Philipp Karl of Oettingen-Wallerstein                       29. Countess Maria Agnes Fugger of Glött               7. Countess Sophia Maria of Oettingen-Wallerstein                             30. Kraft Anton, Count of Oettingen-Baldern and Katzenstein               15. Countess Charlotte Juliane of Oettingen-Baldern                       31. Countess Maria Eleonora of Schönborn-Buchheim

References

1. Egger: Liechtenstein Franz Prinz von und zu. In: Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5. Science Academy of Austria, Vienna 1972, Pag. 204.