Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein (18 April 1838 – 15 December 1908) was an Austrian aristocrat, a general in the Common Army and one of the highest officials in the court of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
After completing his education, Rudolf joined the military, eventually becoming General of the Cavalry in 1904. In 1862 he entered the service of the imperial court in Vienna, first as treasurer and later, privy councilor and Acting Minister of the Horse, as well as an honorary colonel of the Imperial Life-guards. In 1896 he was personally appointed by the Emperor as First Oberhofmeister (Lord High Steward), the premier official of the court, after the death of Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.[1][2] Rudolf's tenure at court was fraught with multiple events: the Badeni riots in Bohemia in 1897, the assassination of the Empress Elisabeth in 1898, and the morganatic marriage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Countess Sophie Chotek in 1900. He was also present during the state visits of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in 1903.
In the later years of his life, Rudolf was often plagued by illness; his duties were taken over by his deputy Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo. He eventually died unmarried in 1908, and was interred in the family crypt in Moravský Krumlov castle, Moravia. With his death, the Moravský-Krumlov line of the House of Liechtenstein became extinct.
10. Johann Joseph I, Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
5. Countess Marianne Josepha von Khevenhüller-Metsch
11. Countess Karolina Maria von Metsch
1. Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein
12. Count Eugen Wenzel Wrbna-Freudenthal
6. Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Freudenthal
13. Countess Maria Theresia von Kollonitz
3. Countess Franziska von Wrbna-Freudenthal
14. Dominik Andreas II, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg
7. Countess Maria Theresia Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg
15. Countess Bernhardine von Plettenberg-Wittem
References
^Egger, Franz (1972), "Liechtenstein Rudolf Prinz von und zu"(PDF), Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (in German), vol. 5, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 206
^"Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1907, p. 18 – via hathitrust.org
^"Königlicher Kronen-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 583 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), Berlin, 1895, p. 7 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 39Archived 20 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine
^Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. pp. 6, 209 – via hathitrust.org.
^Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" pp. 44, 105
Sources
Dotson, Samuel C. (2003). Genealogie des Fürstlichen Hauses Liechtenstein seit Hartmann II. (1544-1585) (in German). Rosvall Royal Books. ISBN9789197397841.
