Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein (1962–1991)


Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein, popularly known as Prince Wenzel, was a member of Liechtenstein princely family. He was the youngest son of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife Georgina von Wilczek, and thus younger brother of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Biography

He was born on 19 November 1962, as the youngest son of the former reigning Prince Franz Joseph II and the youngest brother of the current reigning Prince Hans-Adam II. His mother was Countess Georgina of Wilczek.
To his family, and the Liechtensteiner general public, he was known as "Wenzel".
In 1982 Prince Franz Josef "Wenzel" entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and a year later was a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in London. He then studied medicine at the University of Fribourg and the University of Zürich.
He worked as an assistant doctor at the Rorschach Hospital.
Suddenly and quite unexpectedly, Prince Wenzel of Liechtenstein died on 28 February 1991 in the guesthouse of Vaduz Castle.

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