Background
He was the son of Aloys II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky.
He was the son of Aloys II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky.
Franz I served as the Austro-Hungarian ambassador at the Court of Tsar Nicholas II in Saint St. Petersburg between 1894 and 1899. In March 1938 the elderly Franz I named Franz Joseph the country"s regent. Although he cited old age as his reason for relinquishing his duties, it is widely believed that it was because he had no desire to be ruling if Nazi Germany invaded his small Principality.
Franz I died on 25 July 1938, and was formally succeeded by his grandnephew, Franz Joseph World War II