Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein


Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein was a prince and brother of Franz Joseph II. He was the third child and second son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.

Early life

Prince Karl Alfred Maria Johannes Baptista Heinrich Aloys Georg Hartmann Ignatius of Liechtenstein was born on 16 August 1910 at Schloss Frauenthal in Deutschlandsberg, Styria, then part of Austria-Hungary, as the third child and second son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.
He spent much of his youth at the family's Moravian estate of Groß-Ullersdorf and trained as a forestry engineer. From 1935 he took charge of the princely forestry operations, responsibilities that shaped his subsequent career; after World War II he oversaw the rebuilding and modernization of the princely forest enterprises in Austria.

Personal life

He married on 17 February 1949, at Persenbeug Castle in Austria, Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria. She was the second child and eldest daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm.
They had seven children:
In 1953, he and his wife were royal guests at the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
Prince Karl Alfred died on 17 November 1985.