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Liechtenstein / Vaduz
Formerly part of the Roman
province of Raetia, this region remained an obscure and unimportant part of
Swabia until it was formed
into a small state (just 167 square kilometres or 62 square miles of mostly mountainous terrain)
by the
Holy Roman Empire in the
thirteen century, during the collapse of
East Francia. It is made up of two medieval lordships:
Vaduz and Schellenberg. The latter were a family of ancient
Bohemian extraction, faithful servants of the
empire. |
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County of Vaduz (Schellenberg)
Dates for the earliest counts are uncertain. |
fl c.1267 |
Marquard I |
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fl c.1267 |
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Henry I |
Joint rule. |
fl c.1300 |
Marquard II |
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fl c.1300 |
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Ulrich |
Joint rule. |
fl c.1303 |
Schwigger |
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fl c.1303 |
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Marquard III |
Joint rule. |
fl c.1303 |
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Henry II |
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fl c.1318 |
Henry III |
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fl c.1318 |
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Egilolf |
Joint rule. |
? - 1350 |
Henry IV |
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? - 1350 |
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Albert |
Joint rule. |
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County of Vaduz (Werdenberg) |
1350 - 1354 |
Hartmann III |
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1354 - 1367 |
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Rudolph IV |
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1354 - 1416 |
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Hartmann IV |
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1354 - 1397 |
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Henry VII |
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County of Vaduz (Brandis) |
1416 - 1456 |
Wolfhard I |
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1456 - 1486 |
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Ulrich (II) |
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1456 - pre-1486 |
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Wolfhard II |
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1456 - 1487 |
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Sigmund |
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1486 - 1507 |
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Louis |
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1486 - 1507 |
Sigmund II |
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County of Vaduz (Sulz) |
1507 - 1535 |
Rudolph V |
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1535 - 1566 |
John Louis I |
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1566 - 1572 |
Alwig XI |
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1566 - 1569 |
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William |
Joint rule. |
1572 - 1611 |
Rudolph VIII |
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1608 |
The county
is elevated by the emperor to a principality of the
Holy Roman Empire. |
1611 - 1613 |
John III |
Died 1617. |
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Principality of Hohenems-Vaduz |
1613 - 1638 |
Caspar |
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1638 - 1646 |
Jacob Hannibal II |
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1646 - 1662 |
Francis William I |
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1662 - 1686 |
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Ferdinand Charles |
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1662 - 1712 |
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Jacob Hannibal II Frederick |
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1662 - 1691 |
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Francis William II |
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1691 - 1712 |
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Francis William Maximilian Charles Posthumous |
Died 1759. |
1699 & 1712 |
The titles pass to the
Liechtensteins. The Hohenems-Vaduz title
itself continues to exist without any power until the branch becomes extinct in 1766. |
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Principality of Liechtenstein
AD 1719 - Present Day
John Adam I acquired the two Hohenem family titles of Schellenberg (in 1699)
and Vaduz (in 1712). His successor was granted these territories as a
hereditary and sovereign principality in 1719, and the state was renamed
after the new ruling house. It survives to
this day, having so far outlived its founder by nearly two hundred years. |
1699 / 1712 |
John Adam I |
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1712 - 1721 |
Anthony Florian |
Confirmed as Prince of
Liechtenstein (1719). |
1721 - 1732 |
Joseph |
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1732 - 1748 |
John Charles |
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1748 - 1772 |
Wenceslaus |
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1772 - 1781 |
Francis Joseph I |
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1781 - 1805 |
Aloysius
/ Alois I |
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1805 - 1836 |
John I |
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1806 - 1813 |
The
French under
Napoleon Bonaparte invade the
Holy Roman Empire,
terminating its existence. Liechtenstein becomes a member of the
French-controlled Confederation of the Rhine until its dissolution in 1813.
Two years later, the Austrian-presided German Confederation performs much the
same role, with the principality once again a member. |
1836 - 1858 |
Aloysius
/ Alois II |
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1858 - 1929 |
John II |
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1929 - 1938 |
Francis |
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1938 - 1989 |
Francis Joseph II |
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1989 - Present |
John Adam II |
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2004 - Present |
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Prince Alois |
Regent. Born 1968. |
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