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4 unusual facts about Prince of Liechtenstein


Descendants of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein is descended from Isabella I and Ferdinand II through his grandmother, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria; Elisabeth Amalie descends from the Iberian couple via the Spanish and Hesse-Darmstadt houses, as well as through the formerly-reigning Catholic imperial or royal houses of Austria-Hungary, Portugal, and Bavaria (these formerly-reigning houses all descend from Isabella I and Ferdinand II).

This is also true of the Sovereign Princes of Europe: Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Erling Mandelmann

Erling Mandelmann has taken more than 500 portraits of personalities, including amongst others Noël Coward, 14th Dalai Lama, Nina Hagen, Johnny Hallyday, Prince Hans-Adam of Lichtenstein.

Hans Adam

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1945), reigning 15th Prince of Liechtenstein


Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Aloys Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Melchior (born Vienna, 14 May 1759 – died Vienna, 24 March 1805) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1781 until his death.


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Adriaen de Vries

During this late period he found a new patron in the Prince of Liechtenstein and received sculpture commissions from several German sovereigns, such as from Ernst of Schaumburg for the resurrection group in Stadthagen mausoleum, today the only work of De Vries to be seen in its original situation; he was also commissioned to make a Neptune fountain for the gardens of the king of Denmark's royal palace, Frederiksborg.

Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein

As Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann made forward-thinking reforms, but also had an absolutist governing style.