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
An infant Franz Joseph with his parents Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie.
Franz Joseph II with Josef Hoop and Alois Vogt in Balzers on 8 May 1938
Franz Joseph (far left) with Marcel Pilet-Golaz and Enrico Celio in Bern, 1943.
Franz Joseph (centre) outside the Reich Chancellery in Berlin on 2 March 1939.
Franz Joseph II and Countess Georgina von Wilczek in 1988.
Franz Joseph and his family in 1955.
