Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Hans-Adam I
Prince of Liechtenstein
Reign	5 April 1684 – 16 June 1712
Predecessor	Karl Eusebius
Successor	Joseph Wenzel I
Born	16 August 1662 Brno
Died	16 June 1712 (aged 49) Vienna
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Princess Edmunda Maria of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg
Full name Johann Adam Andreas
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein
Mother	Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein

Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (Johann Adam Andreas; 16 August 1662, in Brno – 16 June 1712, in Vienna) was the son of Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein (1611–1684) and Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein (1625–1676).

On 18 January 1699^[1] he acquired the seigneury of Schellenberg, and on 22 February 1712 the county of Vaduz.^[2] These two domains would later form the present principality of Liechtenstein. He was also Duke of Opava and Krnov.

Johann did not take up an office at the Imperial court but did case-by-case work, especially as a financial expert. He was known informally as Hans Adam the Rich. Besides managing his property, he took a great interest in art. He bought works by Rubens^[3] and van Dyck for his collections and was one of the most generous patrons of his time.

Johann created two memorials to himself, a palace in Bankgasse in Vienna and a summer palace in Rossau. He was the 575th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.

Marriage and issue

Johann married his first cousin, Edmunda Maria Theresia, Princess of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg (17 April 1652 – 15 March 1737) on 16 February 1681. They had seven children:

• Princess Maria Elisabeth (8 May 1683 – 4 May 1744), married Leopold of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg, son of Karolina of Legnica-Brieg
• Prince Karl Joseph (15 October 1684 – 16 February 1704)
• Princess Maria Antonia (10 April 1687 – 9 October 1750)
• Prince Franz Dominik (1 September 1689 – 19 March 1711)
• Princess Maria Gabriele (12 July 1692 – 7 November 1713), married Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein
• Princess Maria Theresia (11 May 1694 – 20 February 1772)
• Princess Maria Dominika (5 August 1698 – 2 June 1724)

He left no male heirs at his death, both of his sons having predeceased him.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein

16. Baron Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice               8. Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg (=28.)                       17. Baroness Susanna of Liechtenstein               4. Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (=14.)                             18. Karl I, Count of Ortenburg               9. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg (=29.)                       19. Countess Maximiliana of Frauenburg-Haag               2. Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein                                   20. Baron Václav II Bučovský z Boskovic               10. Baron Jan Šembera z Boskovic a Černá Hora (=30.)                       21. Anna z Ojnic               5. Baroness Anna Maria Šemberová of Boskovic and Černá Hora (=15.)                             22. Baron Albert Krajíř z Krajku               11. Baroness Anna Krajířová z Krajku (=31.)                       23. Marie Magdalena Kostomlatská z Vřesovic               1. Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein                                         24. Baron Adam of Dietrichstein               12. Count Zikmund of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg                       25. Margarita Folch de Cardona y Requensens               6. Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg                             26. Baron Hans Warmund von der Leiter               13. Baroness Johanna von der Leiter, Lady of Amerang                       27. Baroness Elisabeth von Thurn zu Neubeuren               3. Princess Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg                                   28. Baron Hartmann II of Liechtenstein, Lord of Valtice, Lednice and Steyregg (=8.)               14. Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (=4.)                       29. Countess Anna Maria of Ortenburg (=9.)               7. Princess Anna Marie of Liechtenstein                             30. Baron Jan Šembera z Boskovic a Černá Hora (=10.)               15. Baroness Anna Marie Šemberová of Boskovic and Černá Hora (=5.)                       31. Baroness Anna Krajířová z Krajku (=11.)

References

1. Principality of Liechtenstein
2. Raton, Pierre (1970). Liechtenstein: History and Institutions of the Principality. Vaduz: Liechtenstein Verlag. p. 20. ASIN B0006D0J8E.
3. His Rubens Massacre of the Innocents, later misattributed to another painter, found its way to the Art Gallery of Ontario.

External links

• Princely House of Liechtenstein