The 70th Birthday of Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein

Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein in London, 1998.

Photo © Desmond O’Neill Features.

 

Today, Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein celebrates his seventieth birthday!

 

Born on 25 February 1952 at Vienna, Prince Andreas Duarte Emanuel Ulrich Benedikt Josef Maria Karl Rafael Ignatius Mathias Paulus of Liechtenstein was the second child and son of Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Agnes of Austria. Andreas has six siblings: Prince Dominik (1950-2009), Prince Gregor (b.1954), Princess Alexandra (1955-1993), Princess Maria (b.1960), Princess Katharina (b.1964), and Princess Birgitta (b.1967). 

 

On 29 September 1978 at Madrid, Prince Andreas married Silvia Prieto Figueroa (b.1952). The couple do not have children.

 

Our best wishes to the Prince on his birthday!

Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1938-2021), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh

The late Prince Andreas.

At the age of eighty-two, Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg passed away today, 28 October. The prince was a first cousin of the Prince of Wales, among others. 

 

Prince Andreas and Princess Luise with their nephew Fürst Philipp.

Born at Schäbisch-Hall on 24 November 1938, Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the second son and third child of Fürst Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960) and his wife Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905-1981), the eldest sister of the Duke of Edinburgh. On 9 September 1968, Andreas married Princess Luise von Schönburg-Waldenburg (b.1943), the youngest of the four daughters of Prince Georg Ulrich von Schönburg-Waldenburg and Countess Pauline zu Castell-Castell.

 

Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen, Fürst Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, and Princess Luise and Prince Andreas at the wedding of Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden.
Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

Brothers: Fürst Kraft and Prince Andreas on the occasion of Kraft's 65th birthday.
Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

Prince Andreas walks his daughter Princess Katharina down the aisle on her wedding day.
Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

The couple lived in Munich and had two daughters: Princess Katharina (b.1972; married to Prince Nikolaus zu Waldeck und Pyrmont) and Princess Tatjana (b.1975; widow of Hubertus Stephan). 

 

Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg at the funeral of his brother Fürst Kraft.

The prince was predeceased by his four siblings: Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935-2004), Princess Beatrix (1936-1997), and the twins Prince Albrecht (1944-1992) and Prince Rupprecht (1944-1978). He is survived by his wife, by his two daughters and one son-in-law, and by his grandchildren.

May He Rest In Peace ...

From left: Prince Peter, Hereditary Prince Hubertus, Prince Alexander, Princess Stephanie, Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Fürst Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince Clemens of Saxony, Princess Louise and Prince Andreas of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.