Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein

Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein (* April 11, 1611, † April 5, 1684 in Black Kosteletz ) was from 1627 to 1684, second Prince of Liechtenstein. From 1639 to 1641 he was chief governor of Silesia.

Life

Karl Eusebius was the eldest son of Prince Charles I and was first under the tutelage of his uncle, Prince Maximilian. When Karl Eusebius was in 1632 declared of age, was in Opava and hunters village, the two duchies of Liechtenstein, the homage of the Silesian estates. From 1639, he held the post of Upper Regional Governor of Silesia. Having gone through a regulation of King Ferdinand III. corporative participation was eliminated, he resigned in protest of this office.

But his primary goal was the restoration and reorganization of his family who were heavily burdened by the Thirty Years' War, especially in financial terms. Many territories were devastated and the financial difficulties also increased even when it turned out that the acquisitions of his father were stamped by the Court Chamber as illegitimate. This resulted in a claim for damages of approximately 1.7 million guilders.

Despite a lack of savings invested Prince Karl Eusebius considerable sums in cultural goods, as derived from him the following statement:

" The money t is to be left only, Hand washed Monumenta zue ebiger and immortal Gedechtnuss. "

Karl Eusebius laid the foundation for the Liechtenstein art collections. Furthermore, the prince was a brilliant horse breeder, a passionate gardener and a builder who wrote 1675 his own architectural theoretical treatise, which is an important source for understanding the architecture of noble builders of the 17th century.

He married Johanna Beatrix von Dietrich stone Nikolsburg since 1644. His grave is located in the crypt of the House of Liechtenstein in Vranov u Brna ( Moravia ).