Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (Franz Josef Maria Aloys Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death.
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| Prince of Liechtenstein | |||||
| 25 July 1938 – 13 November 1989 | |||||
| Predecessor | Franz I | ||||
| Successor | Hans-Adam II | ||||
| Prime Ministers | See list
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| Born | 16 August 1906 Schloss Frauenthal, Deutschlandsberg, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Died | 13 November 1989 (aged 83) Grabs, Switzerland | ||||
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| Spouse | Countess Georgina von Wilczek | ||||
| Issue | Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein Prince Phillipp Prince Nikolaus Princess Nora Prince Wenzel | ||||
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| House | House of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Father | Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Franz Joseph was the son of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria. He succeeded his great-uncle, Prince Franz I, after his father renounced his right of succession in his favour in 1921.
Franz Joseph was the first ruling prince to live full-time in the principality. He also oversaw the economic development of Liechtenstein from a poor agricultural backwater into one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world.
Franz Joseph II, Prince Of Liechtenstein Media
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An infant Franz Joseph with his parents Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie.
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Franz Joseph II with Josef Hoop and Alois Vogt in Balzers on 8 May 1938
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Franz Joseph (far left) with Marcel Pilet-Golaz and Enrico Celio in Bern, 1943.
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Franz Joseph (centre) outside the Reich Chancellery in Berlin on 2 March 1939.
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Franz Joseph II and Countess Georgina von Wilczek in 1988.
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Franz Joseph and his family in 1955.