Vincenz Liechtenstein

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Prince Vincenz
Born(1950-07-30)30 July 1950
Graz, Austria
Died14 January 2008(2008-01-14) (aged 57)
Deutschfeistritz, Styria
Burial
St. Florian Cathedral, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Spouse
Hélène de Cossé-Brissac
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(m. 1981; div. 1991)​

Roberta Valeri Manera
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(m. 1999; died 2008)​
Liechtenstein
FatherPrince Heinrich of Liechtenstein
MotherArchduchess Elisabeth of Austria

Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein (Vincenz Karl Alfred Maria Michael; 30 July 1950 – 14 January 2008), known in Austria as Vincenz Liechtenstein, was an Austrian politician and member of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire, he did not use his princely title or honorific (Serene Highness
) in his Austrian civic life.

Ancestry

Born His Serene Highness Prince Vincenz Karl Alfred Maria Michael of

Oettingen-Oettingen.[1] Vincenz was thus a male-line great-great-great-grandson of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. Vincenz' mother, Archduchess Elisabeth, was the youngest daughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma.[1] Vincenz Liechtenstein is a female-line great-grandson of Robert I, the last sovereign Duke of Parma
.

Marriage

Vincenz was 1,300th

Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein
as page boy.

They had two daughters:

  • Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Marie Beatrice Zita (b. Vienna, 25 November 1981),[1] married in Schloss Waldstein on 31 January 2009 Count Dominik Cornelius Valentin Gerold Eugene von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. London, 7 October 1973), son of Count Hans Heinrich von Coudenhove Kalergi and Cornelia Carter Roberts. They have three daughters:
    • Countess Xenia Marie Cornelia Hélène Zita Anne Therese Hildegard et omnes Sancti von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. Graz, 21 October 2011)
    • Countess Tatiana Marie Mitsuko Benedikta Zita Sophie Ferdinandine Gisela et omnes Sancti von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. Graz, 6 May 2013)
    • Countess Olympia Marie Gladys Zita Barbara Mauricette Helena et omnes Sancti von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. Graz, 1 September 2016)
  • Her Serene Highness Princess Hedwig Maria Beatrice Hermine (b. Vienna, 28 November 1982), married in 2008 to Count Olivier de Quélen Cansou and divorced in 2020. They have four children:
    • [Countess] Maïwenn Marie Éléonore de Quélen (b. 23 April 2010)
    • [Countess] Béatrice de Quélen (b. 10 June 2011)
    • [Countess] Raphaëlle de Quélen (b. 10 June 2011)
    • [Count] Taliesin Amedeo François de Quélen (b. 29 August 2015)

Vincenz and Helene divorced in 1991 and the marriage was annulled in 1994.[1]

He then married Roberta Valeri Manera (1953–) in Venice on 19 June 1999: the couple had no children.[1]

Career

Vincenz studied at the Bundesrealgymnasium in Graz (1960–1969) and subsequently studied law at the University of Graz (1969–1975). He worked at a forestry company before becoming a politician. He was co-founder of the 1974 JES students initiative. He was a member of the board of the Catholic Family Association and the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft.

Vincenz was a member of the

Bundesrat. He caused a mini-scandal in 2005 when he interrupted a Nationalrat meeting because of alleged drunkenness. He apologised shortly afterward.[2]

Liechtenstein died unexpectedly on 14 January 2008 at his home, Waldstein Castle, at Deutschfeistritz near Graz,[3] following a short illness. He had left his sickbed to attend the funeral of his uncle Archduke Carl-Ludwig in Vienna.[4]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 3-7980-0824-8
    .
  2. ^ ORF: Betrunkener Mandatar: Sitzung unterbrochen
  3. ^ 'Vincenz Liechtenstein ist tot' at orf.at
  4. ^ Wallenstein, Carl Albrecht. "Obituary: Finished the race, kept the faith".

External links

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