Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein

Johann Nepomuk Karl
Prince of Liechtenstein
Reign	17 December 1732 – 22 December 1748
Predecessor	Joseph Wenzel I
Successor	Joseph Wenzel I
Born	(1724-07-06)6 July 1724
Died	Wischau
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Countess Maria Josepha of Harrach-Rohrau
Full name Johann Nepomuk Karl Borromäus Josef Franz de Paula
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Joseph Johann Adam
Mother	Countess Marie Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg

Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (Johann Nepomuk Karl Borromäus Josef Franz de Paula; 6 July 1724 – 22 December 1748) was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1732 and 1748. He was the son of Johann Josef Anton.

Life

When his father died, Johann Nepomuk Karl was only eight and his uncle Josef Wenzel ruled as regent and took care of his nephew's education, preparing him for his future role. When Johann Nepomuk Karl took over the rule of his domains alone in 1745, it seemed that his uncle had taught him anything, because the prince soon neglected the government and otherwise has seen little economic success.

Because of the evident inability of the prince, a royal Hungarian and Bohemian royal chamberlain was appointed to rule. The prince died shortly afterwards in 1748 at Wischau aged 24 years, being the youngest Prince of Liechtenstein to die.

Marriage and Issue

In Vienna on 19 March 1744 he had married his cousin Maria Josepha, Countess of Harrach-Rohrau (20 November 1727 – 15 February 1788), daughter of Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau. They had three children:

• Maria Anna (October 1745 – 27 April 1752).
• Prince Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Xaver Gotthard Adam Franz de Paula Frederick (5 May 1747 – 20 May 1747).
• Maria Antonia Josepha Theresia Walburga (posthumously 13 June 1749 – 28 May 1813), married on 17 January 1768 to Prince Wenzel Paar.

Ancestry

Family of Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein

16. Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein               8. Hartmann III, Prince of Liechtenstein                       17. Countess Agnes of East Frisia               4. Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein                             18. Count Ernst Friedrich of Salm-Reifferscheidt               9. Countess Sidonie Elisabeth of Salm-Reifferscheidt                       19. Countess Maria Ursula of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg               2. Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein                                   20. Count Johann Sigismund of Thun and Hohenstein               10. Count Michael Oswald of Thund and Hohenstein                       21. Countess Anna Margaretha of Wolkenstein-Trostburg               5. Countess Eleonore Barbara of Thun and Hohenstein                             22. Count Christoph of Lodron               11. Countess Elisabeth of Lodron                       23. Countess Katharina of Spaur and Flavon               1. Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein                                         24. Johann Albrecht, Count Oettingen-Spielberg               12. Johann Franz, Count of Oettingen-Spielberg                       25. Countess Maria Gertrud of Pappenheim               6. Franz Albrecht, 1st Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg                             26. Count Johann Jacob of Attems               13. Countess Ludovica Rosalia of Attems                       27. Countess Judith Maria of Tattenbach               3. Countess Marie Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg                                   28. Baron Maximilian of Schwendi, Lord of Hohenlandsberg               14. Baron Franz Ignaz of Schwendi, Lord of Hohenlandsberg                       29. Baroness Marie Helene of Leonrod               7. Baroness Johanna Margaretha of Schwendi                             30. Count Christoph Rudolf Fugger, Lord of Glött, Stettenfels and Bollweiler               15. Countess Maria Margaretha Fugger zu Glött                       31. Countess Maria Anna of Montfort

References

• Evelin Oberhammer (Hrsg.): Der ganzen Welt ein Lob und Spiegel, Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der frühen Neuzeit. Publisher of history and politics/R. Oldenbourg ed., Vienna/München 1990,

External links

• Princely House of Liechtenstein

Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein House of Liechtenstein Born: 1724 Died: 1748
Regnal titles
Preceded by Joseph Wenzel I	Prince of Liechtenstein 1732–1748	Succeeded by Joseph Wenzel I