Prince Emmanuel of Liechtenstein

Prince Emanuel Joseph Johann of Liechtenstein (2 or 3 February 1700 – 15 January 1771) was the father and brother to two of Liechtenstein's monarchs.

Early life Prince Emanuel was born in Vienna on 2 or 3 February 1700. the second son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (1664–1704) and Countess Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1665–1730). His elder brother was Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Career In 1749 he became the 734th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Personal life On 14 January 1726, he married Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt (1706–1777) in Vienna. They had thirteen children. Their eldest son became monarch of Liechtenstein when Emanuel's brother died without any surviving heirs.

Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726–1781), who married Countess Maria Leopoldine of Sternberg and had issue. Prince Karl Borromäus of Liechtenstein (1730–1789), who married Princess Maria Eleonore of Oettingen-Spielberg and had issue. Prince Philipp Joseph Franz Maria (1731–1757), who was killed in action in Prague; he died unmarried and without issue. Prince Emanuel Joseph Bartholomäus Antonius (1732–1738), who died young. Prince Johann Joseph Simplicius (1734–1781), who died unmarried and without issue Prince Anton Joseph Johannes Achatius (1735–1737), who died young. Prince Joseph Wenzel Ladislaus (1736–1739), who died young. Princess Maria Amalia Susanna (1737–1787), who married, as his first wife, Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch in Vienna in 1754; she died in Milan. Princess Maria Anna Theresia (1738–1814), who married Count Emanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg in Mährisch-Kromau in 1754, and had issue. Princess Franziska Xaveria Maria (1739–1821), who married Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne in Feldsberg in 1755, and had issue. Princess Maria Christina Anna (1741–1819), who married Count Franz Ferdinand Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau in Vienna in 1761, and had issue. Princess Maria Theresia Anna (1741–1766), who married Count Károly József Jeromos Pálffy de Erdöd, Chancellor of Hungary, in Vienna in 1763, and had issue Prince Josef Leopold Sebastian Emanuel (1743–1771), who died unmarried and without issue in Gaya, India.

Prince Emanuel died on 15 January 1771 in Vienna. His widow died in Vienna on 7 January 1777.

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