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János liechtensteini herceg – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="II. János liechtensteini herceg" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_van_Liechtenstein" title="Johannes II van Liechtenstein – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Johannes II van Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B32%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%AA%E3%83%92%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E5%85%AC)" title="ヨーハン2世 (リヒテンシュタイン公) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヨーハン2世 (リヒテンシュタイン公)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Johann_II_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Johann_II_portrait.jpg/220px-Johann_II_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Johann_II_portrait.jpg/330px-Johann_II_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Johann_II_portrait.jpg/440px-Johann_II_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1031" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Formal portrait, 1928</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">12 November 1858 – <span class="nowrap">11 February 1929</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aloys_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Aloys II">Aloys II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Liechtenstein" title="List of heads of government of Liechtenstein">Prime Ministers</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Freiherr_Haus_von_Hausen" title="Karl Freiherr Haus von Hausen">Karl Freiherr Haus von Hausen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Carl_von_In_der_Maur" title="Carl von In der Maur">Carl von In der Maur</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Stellwag_von_Carion" title="Friedrich Stellwag von Carion">Friedrich Stellwag von Carion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Freiherr_von_Imhof" title="Leopold Freiherr von Imhof">Leopold Freiherr von Imhof</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Martin_Ritter" title="Martin Ritter">Martin Ritter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prince_Karl_Aloys_of_Liechtenstein" title="Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein">Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Peer" title="Josef Peer">Josef Peer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Ospelt" title="Josef Ospelt">Josef Ospelt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Sch%C3%A4dler" title="Gustav Schädler">Gustav Schädler</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Hoop" title="Josef Hoop">Josef Hoop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1840-10-05</span>)</span>5 October 1840<br /><a href="/wiki/Lednice" title="Lednice">Eisgrub</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Moravia" title="Margraviate of Moravia">Margraviate of Moravia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">11 February 1929<span style="display:none">(1929-02-11)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Valtice" title="Valtice">Valtice</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic" title="First Czechoslovak Republic">First Czechoslovak Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, <a href="/wiki/Vranov_(Brno-Country_District)" title="Vranov (Brno-Country District)">Vranov</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Johann Maria Franz Placidus</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princely_Family_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely Family of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aloys_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Countess_Franziska_Kinsky_of_Wchinitz_and_Tettau" title="Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau">Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="notpageimage infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Johann II's signature"><img alt="Johann II's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Johann_II%2C_Prince_of_Liechtenstein_signature.svg/250px-Johann_II%2C_Prince_of_Liechtenstein_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="54" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="110" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Johann II</b> (Johann Maria Franz Placidus; 5 October 1840 – 11 February 1929), nicknamed <b>the Good</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Der Gute</i>), was <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a> from 12 November 1858 until his death in 1929. </p><p>His reign of 70 years and 91 days is the third-longest of any sovereign monarch in European history, after those of <a href="/wiki/King_Louis_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="King Louis XIV">King Louis XIV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> respectively, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs" title="List of longest-reigning monarchs">fourth-longest</a> overall for which exact dates are known (after King Louis, Queen Elizabeth, and <a href="/wiki/King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej" class="mw-redirect" title="King Bhumibol Adulyadej">King Bhumibol Adulyadej</a> respectively). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG/250px-Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="362" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG/330px-Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG/500px-Liechtenstein_Johann_II..JPG 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="1005" /></a><figcaption>Formal portrait, 1870</figcaption></figure> <p>Johann II was the elder son of <a href="/wiki/Aloys_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Countess_Franziska_Kinsky_of_Wchinitz_and_Tettau" title="Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau">Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau</a>. He ascended to the throne shortly after his 18th birthday. Until he was surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> on 9 May 2022, his reign had been the longest precisely documented tenure of any European monarch since antiquity in which a <a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> (that is, a regent serving in place of an underage sovereign) was never employed.<sup id="cite_ref-noregent_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noregent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although his mother acted as his regent from 10 February 1859 to November 1860,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she was not the regent for a <a href="/wiki/Minor_(law)" title="Minor (law)">minor</a>, but was appointed by her son to fulfil his duties because he wished to finish his education before he began his rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_reform">Law and reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Law and reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1862, Johann II issued Liechtenstein's <a href="/wiki/1862_Constitution_of_Liechtenstein" title="1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein">first constitution</a>, which was heavily influenced by the likes of <a href="/wiki/Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and due to significant popular demand, Johann II granted a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Liechtenstein" title="Constitution of Liechtenstein">new constitution</a>, which was ratified on 5 October 1921. It granted considerable political rights to common Liechtensteiners and made the principality a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NS22_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS22-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution has survived but with revisions, most notably in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_affairs">Foreign affairs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foreign affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Liechtenstein left the <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> in 1866. Not long afterward, the Liechtenstein Army was abolished as it was regarded as an unnecessary expense. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg/220px-John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg/330px-John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg/440px-John_Quincy_Adams_-_Portr%C3%A4t_des_F%C3%BCrsten_Johann_II._von_Liechtenstein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1926" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>Portrait by <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams_(painter)" title="John Quincy Adams (painter)">John Quincy Adams</a>, 1908</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1867, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II of Russia</a> had offered Johann the purchase of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Alaska">Russian Alaska</a>, but he refused as he believed the territory was useless.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johann II somewhat cooled relations with Liechtenstein's traditional ally, <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> and its successor states, to forge closer relations with <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, particularly after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Liechtenstein was neutral during the war, which broke Liechtenstein's alliance with <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> and led it to go into a customs union with <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. In 1924, late in Johann's reign, the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a> became Liechtenstein's official currency.<sup id="cite_ref-politics_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politics-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patron_of_arts">Patron of arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Patron of arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johann II, an outstanding art connoisseur and a generous patron, added much to the Liechtenstein Princely Collections. Although considered a prominent patron of the arts and sciences during his long reign,<sup id="cite_ref-patron_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patron-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johann II was also considered to be rather unsociable and did not participate in social events. Rarely did he show up in his magnificent <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> residences, <a href="/wiki/Stadtpalais_Liechtenstein" title="Stadtpalais Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein City Palace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein Museum">Liechtenstein Garden Palace</a>. He also never assumed any tasks in Austrian politics or the Austrian military, and he never married or had any children like several other members of his family.<sup id="cite_ref-social_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-social-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1884, he rebuilt <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_Castle_(Maria_Enzersdorf)" title="Liechtenstein Castle (Maria Enzersdorf)">Liechtenstein Castle</a>, the ancestral seat of his family near Vienna, which had fallen into ruins. Between 1905 and 1920, <a href="/wiki/Schloss_Vaduz" class="mw-redirect" title="Schloss Vaduz">Schloss Vaduz</a> was renovated and expanded. Like all of his ancestors he never lived in the principality of Liechtenstein, but on the vast Austrian and Moravian estates of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Liechtenstein" title="House of Liechtenstein">House of Liechtenstein</a> which were 7.5 times the total area of the Principality itself. His main homes were the castles of <a href="/wiki/Lednice%E2%80%93Valtice_Cultural_Landscape" title="Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape">Lednice and Valtice</a> (German names: Eisgrub and Feldsberg) in what is today the Czech Republic (then part of <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> with the Austrian-Bohemian border running through the park between the two castles). The local administration of the Principality was overseen by a governor, and the government office was located at the prince's seat. It was not until the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">German occupation of the Czech lands</a> at the beginning of World War II that the residence was moved to Vaduz. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Declining_health_and_death">Declining health and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Declining health and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Johann entered his later years, his eyesight began to decline rapidly and on 12 November 1928, he underwent surgery to remove <a href="/wiki/Cataract" title="Cataract">cataracts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on 11 February 1929 and was succeeded by his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg/50px-UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg/75px-UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg/100px-UK_Royal_Guelphic_Order_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order</a>, <i>1860</i> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Kingdom of Hanover</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Hannover1865_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hannover1865-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg/50px-Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg/75px-Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg/100px-Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Knight of the Golden Fleece</a>, <i>1862</i> (<a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg/50px-Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg/75px-Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg/100px-Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary_-_Ribbon_bar_Grand-Cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Stephen_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Stephen of Hungary">Grand Cross of St. Stephen</a>, <i>1896</i> (<a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bavaria012.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Bavaria012.png/50px-Bavaria012.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Bavaria012.png/75px-Bavaria012.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Bavaria012.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Hubert">Knight of St. Hubert</a>, <i>1882</i> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Kingdom of Bavaria</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SMOM-gcs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SMOM-gcs.svg/50px-SMOM-gcs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SMOM-gcs.svg/75px-SMOM-gcs.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/SMOM-gcs.svg/100px-SMOM-gcs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion (<a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta" title="Sovereign Military Order of Malta">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-p55_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p55-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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of Liechtenstein</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 5 October 1840</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 11 February 1929</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Aloys_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Aloys II</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Princes_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Princes of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a> </b><br />1858–1929 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a></div> </td></tr> 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