Prince Louis of Liechtenstein

Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein ( born November 18, 1846 in Prague, † March 25 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician and social reformer.

Life

Aloys was the son of Franz Joseph Joachim Prinz von und zu Liechtenstein († 1887) and Julia Potocki († 1895). His brother was the politician Alfred Prinz von und zu Liechtenstein († 1907), was his cousin Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein († 1929). Aloys attended as many of his relatives, the Vienna Schottengymnasium.

Before 1873 he was a diplomat in London and Berlin. From 1878 to 1889 he was in the Austrian parliament and in 1881 a member of the conservative center clubs, whose chairman he was from 1888 to 1889.

From 1875 he was in contact with Karl von Vogelsang and from 1887 to Karl Lueger, with whom he also denied the so-called Duck evenings. In 1891 he became a member of the Christian Social Party, which he represented until 1911 in the Imperial Parliament. 1906 to 1918 he was District Marshal of Lower Austria. In 1907 he reached the merger of the German Catholic Conservatives with the Christian Socialists. After the death of Lueger was Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein from 1910 to 1918 chairman of the Christian Social Party. In 1911 he was also appointed to the mansion, but it occurred mainly due to a disease more and more into the background. He advocated social reform, faith-based schools and laws in the spirit of Pope Leo XIII. one. He was also called "Red Prince".

Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, first marriage with Mary Fox and widowed since 1878, married on May 30, 1890 Hannah, daughter of Joseph Carl Hofsilberschmiedes Klinkosch. - Hanna von und zu Liechtenstein (* 1848) died on January 31, 1925 at her residence in Baden Baden and is located on Cemetery St. Helena buried.

He is buried in a grave of honor in Vienna's Central Cemetery (Group 32 A, number 54).

The first marriage produced:

Sofie (1873-1947) ∞ Francis of Uerményi (1853-1934) Julie (1874-1950) Henriette (1875-1958), nun Marie (1877-1939) ∞ Franz Graf von Meran (1868-1949)

Writings

  • About advocacy in the state. 1877
  • The social question. 1877
  • Austria - Hungary's foreign policy. 1916
  • Austria's new political organization. 1916

Numerous articles in magazines

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