Emanuel, Prince of Liechtenstein

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Prince Emanuel Joseph Johann of Liechtenstein (3 February 1700 Vienna - 15 January 1771 Vienna) was the father and brother to two of Liechtenstein's monarch's.

Emanuel was the second son of Prince Philip Erasmus of Liechtenstein (11 September 1664-13 January 1704) and Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (12 October 1665-14 April 1730). He was brother to Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein.

In 1749 he became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

He married Maria Antonia von Dietrichstein (10 September 1706-7 June 1777) on January 14, 1726 in Vienna. They had thirteen children. Their eldest son became monarch of Liechtenstein when Emanuel's brother died without any surviving heirs.

• Franz Josef (19 November 1726-18 August 1781)
• Karl Borromäus Josef (29 September 1730 - 21 February 1789 Vienna); married Princess Marie Eleonore von Oettingen-Spielberg (1745-1812) daughter of John Aloysius, Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg
• Philipp Josef Franz (8 September 1731 Vienna - 6 May 1757 Prague)
• Emanuel Josef Bartholomäus (24 August 1732 - 20 December 1738)
• Johann Josef Simplicius (2 March 1734 -18 February 1781)
• Anton Josef Johannes (22 June 1735 - 6 May 1737)
• Josef Wenzel Ladislaus (27 July 1736 - 19 March 1739)
• Maria Amelia Susanna (11 August 1737 Vienna - 20 October 1787 Milan); married Prince Siegmund von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732-1801)
• Maria Anna Theresia (15 October 1738 - 29 May 1814); married Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Waldstein (1731-1775)
• Maria Franziska Xaveria (22 November 1739 - 17 May 1821); married Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
• Maria Christina Anna (1 September 1741 - 30 April 1819); married Prince Franz Ferdinand Kinsky von Wchinitz zu Tettau (1738-1806)
• Maria Theresia Anna (1 September 1741 - 30 June 1766); married Károly József Jeromos Pálffy ab Erdöd, Chancellor of Hungary (1735-1816)
• Leopold Josef Sebastian Emanuel (21 January 1743 Vienna - 31 December 1772 Gaya, India)