Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein : biography

September 12, 1611 – April 5, 1684

Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein (September 12, 1611 – April 5, 1684) was the Prince of Liechtenstein. He inherited this title in 1627 from his father Karl I. He was 16 and thus considered underage and his uncles Prince Gundakar and Maximillian acted as regents until 1632. From 1639 to 1641 Karl was Chief Captain of High and Low Silesia.

After the Thirty Years’ War Karl did a meritous job of economically restoring his dominions. Karl was also an extensive patron of architecture of the period.

He died in Schwarzkosteletz.

Ancestry

Marriage and issue

Karl married Johanna Beatrix, Prinzessin von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (c. 1625 – March 26, 1676) on August 4, 1644. They had nine children:

  • Princess Eleonora Maria (1647 – August 7, 1704)
  • Princess Anna Maria (1648–1654)
  • Princess Maria Theresia (1649–1716)
  • Princess Johanna Beatrix (1650–1672); Married Maximilian II, Prince of Liechtenstein
  • Prince Franz Dominik (died 1652)
  • Prince Karl Joseph (died 1653)
  • Prince Franz Eusebius (1654–1655)
  • Princess Cecilia (died 1655)
  • Prince Johann Adam Andreas (known as Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein) (1662–1712)