Back فرانز جوزيف الثاني أمير ليختنشتاين Arabic فرانز چوزيف التانى امير ليختنشتاين ARZ ایکینجی فرانتس یوزف AZB Франц Іосіф II Byelorussian František Josef II. Czech Franz Josef 2. af Liechtenstein Danish Franz Josef II. German Φραγκίσκος Ιωσήφ Β΄ του Λίχτενσταϊν Greek Francisco José II de Liechtenstein Spanish Franz Josef II Estonian
| Franz Joseph II | |||||
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| Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf Count of Rietberg | |||||
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| Prince of Liechtenstein | |||||
| Reign | 25 July 1938 – 13 November 1989 | ||||
| Predecessor | Franz I | ||||
| Successor | Hans-Adam II | ||||
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| Born | 16 August 1906 Schloss Frauenthal, Deutschlandsberg, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Died | 13 November 1989 (aged 83) Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland[1][2][3][4] | ||||
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| House | Liechtenstein | ||||
| Father | Prince Alois of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
Franz Joseph II (Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella;[a] 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989.
Franz Joseph was the son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria. He succeeded his childless grand-uncle, Prince Franz I, after his father renounced his right of succession in his favour in 1923. He was an extremely popular sovereign in Liechtenstein. He was the first ruling prince to live full-time in the principality. He also oversaw the economic development of Liechtenstein from a poor agricultural backwater into one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world.
- ^ "Prince Franz Josef Ii Of Liechtenstein Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Liechtenstein's Prince Franz Josef II, 83". Los Angeles Times. 15 November 1989.
- ^ "Franz Josef of Liechtenstein, 83, A Head of State for 51 Years, Dies". The New York Times. 15 November 1989.
- ^ "Principality Grieves as Prince Franz Josef II Buried". Associated Press.
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