Prince Louis of Liechtenstein

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Prince Louis
Born(1846-11-18)18 November 1846
Prague
Died25 March 1920(1920-03-25) (aged 73)
Vienna
Spouse
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(m. 1872; died 1878)​
Johanna Elisabeth Maria von Klinkosch
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(m. 1890)​
Liechtenstein
FatherPrince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
MotherCountess Ewa Józefina Julia Potocka

Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Maria (18 November 1846 – 25 March 1920), known in English as Prince Louis was an

Leo XIII and his social encyclical Rerum novarum
earned him the nickname "Red Prince" (der rote Prinz).

Early life

He was born as the son of

Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and first cousin of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein
.

Life and career

As did most of his family, Aloys attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna. After studying law at the University of Vienna from 1864 to 1868, he joined the Austrian army's hussar regiment as a lieutenant. He changed to the diplomatic service in 1869, serving as an attaché in Munich, London and Berlin. He resigned the diplomatic service in 1873 and was transferred to the military reserves the following year, holding the rank of first lieutenant.

An opponent of liberalism that dominated the politics of

Karl von Vogelsang and in 1887 came into contact with Karl Lueger, joining the latter's Christian Social Party (Christlichsozialen Partei) when it was founded in 1891. Aloys, Lueger, Vogelsang and Franz Martin Schindler met regularly at the Hotel Zur goldenen Ente (Golden Duck, Riemergasse 4) in Vienna's First District, and would refer to their meetings as Enten-Abende (Duck Evenings). This working group became the focus for social reform and they organised the Second Austrian Katholikentag
in 1889. From this Schindler developed the platform of the fledgling Christian Social Party.

He represented the party in parliament until 1911. He worked to bring the Catholic Conservatives and Christian Socials into a coalition between 1896–1907 to keep the

opposition
. After Lueger's death in 1910, he became chair of the party.

From 1896 to 1918 he was a member of the Landtag of Lower Austria, serving as its president (Landmarschall) since 1906. In 1912 he was appointed to the House of Lords (Herrenhaus) but progressively withdrew from public life due to ill health since 1916. He resigned all offices with the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the abolition of monarchy in 1918. His campaigns for social reform, religious schools (Konfessionsschulen) and religious law were in the spirit of Pope Leo XIII.[1]

Like Lueger, he was considered an Antisemite.[2]

He is buried in a dedicated grave in Vienna's central cemetery, the

Zentralfriedhof
(32A, 54).

First marriage and issue

Wedding of Prince Louis and Marie Fox, 1872

He married firstly in

Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland and wife Lady Mary Augusta Coventry
, and had issue, four daughters. Marie died in 1878, aged 28.

Their children were:

Second marriage

Coat of arms of the Klinkosch family
Johanna Elisabeth Maria von Klinkosch

Louis married secondly in Vienna on 20 May 1890 Johanna Elisabeth Maria von Klinkosch (Vienna, 13 August 1849 – Baden bei Wien, 31 January 1925), daughter of the master silversmith Josef Carl Ritter von Klinkosch (1822-1888) and his wife, Elisabeth Johanna Caroline Swoboda (1830-1910), without issue.[4]

Ancestry

Works

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Conservatism in Austria
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Related topics
  • Über Interessenvertretung im Staat, 1877 (Advocacy and the State)
  • Die soziale Frage, 1877 (The Social Question)
  • Österreich-Ungarns äußere Politik, 1916 (Austria-Hungary's Foreign Policy)
  • Österreichs neue politische Organisation, 1916 (Austria's New Political Organisation)
  • Numerous journal articles, particularly Das Neue Reich (1918–1920)

Bibliography

  • M. Banauch, Prinz A. von und zu Liechtenstein. Stationen im Leben eines ungewöhnlichen Politikers, Diplomarbeit, Wien 1997
  • Neue Österreichische Biographie
  • Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon
  • Neue Deutsche Biographie

References

  1. Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein
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  2. ^ Global Security: Anti-Semitism in Austria-Hungary
  3. ^ "Liechtenstein 4".
  4. ^ "Johanna Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein".

See also

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