Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein
Joseph Johann Adam was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1721 to his death in 1732.
Born in Vienna, he was the only living son of Prince of Liechtenstein and Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein. Johann Josef Adam served under his father for a short time during the War of the Spanish Succession and later fought against the French under the Duke of Marlborough. After the Treaty of Utrecht he became Imperial Privy Counsellor in Vienna.
He was the 661st Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. He died in Valtice in 1732.
Marriages and issue
On 1 December 1712, Joseph married firstly his cousin Maria Gabriele, Princess of Liechtenstein, daughter of Hans-Adam I. They had one child:- Prince Karl Anton Joseph Adam Bruno
On 3 August 1716, in Vienna, Joseph married thirdly to Maria Anna Katharina, Countess of Oettingen-Spielberg, daughter of Francis Albert, 1st Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg in 1734. They had five children:
- Princess Maria Eleonore Johanna Walburga Josepha.
- Prince Joseph Anton Franz Johann Nepomuk.
- Princess Maria Theresia Eleonora Walburga Innocentia, married Prince Joseph I Adam of Schwarzenberg.
- Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein.
- Princess Maria Elisabeth Eleonore.
- Prince Anton Thomas Joseph Franz de Paula Johann Nepomuk Adam.
- Princess Maria Anna Josefa Antonia Franz de Paula.