Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Aloys II was the sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein from 20 April 1836 until his death in 1858.
He was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra, and a nephew of Prince Aloys I. Aloys II married Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and had two sons and nine daughters with her, with their two sons later ruling Liechtenstein as Johann II and Franz I. Aloys contributed actively to Liechtenstein's economic and political development.
Early life
Prince Aloys was born in Vienna to Prince Johann I Joseph of Liechtenstein and Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra. His father was at the time of his birth a colonel in the Austrian army, and since became a field marshal before becoming the ruling prince of Liechtenstein in 1805. Aloys at the same time became the heir apparent.Marriage and issue
Aloys married Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau on 8 August 1831 in Vienna. They had 11 children; nine daughters and two sons:- Princess Marie Franziska de Paula Theresia Josepha, married in Vienna on 29 October 1860 Count Ferdinand of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, and had issue
- Princess Carolina Maria Josepha Walpurgis Nestoria, married in Vienna on 3 June 1855 Alexander Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein, and had issue
- Princess Sophie Marie Gabriele Pia, married in Vienna on 4 May 1863 as his second wife Charles, Prince of Löwenstein, 1,067th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue
- Princess Aloysia Maria Gabriela Hyppolita, married in Vienna on 22 May 1864 Heinrich Graf von Fünfkirchen, without issue
- Princess Ida Maria Lamberta Theresia Franziska de Paula, married in Vienna on 4 June 1857 Adolf Joseph 8th Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, 1,092nd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue
- Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Princess Franziska Xaveria Maria David
- Princess Henriette Maria Norberta, married in Vienna on 26 April 1865 her first cousin Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, and had issue, which eventually inherited the Principality by male line
- Princess Anna Maria Franziska de Paula Leandra, married in Vienna on 22 May 1864 Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, 1,145th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue
- Princess Therese Maria Josepha Martha, married in Vienna on 12 April 1882 Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, 1,035th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue, now extinct
- Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein