Royal Profile: Hereditary Prince Alois Philip Maria of Liechtenstein
Hereditary Prince Alois Philip Maria of Liechtenstein was born in Zurich on 11 June 1968 as the eldest son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein{Source}. He has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews:
During his youth, he resided at Vaduz Castle and attended local schools {Source}. He attended primary school in Vaduz-Ebenholz{Source}, and entered the Liechtenstein Gymnasium (high school) in 1979{Source}. He graduated in the spring of 1987 (high school diploma type B, with an emphasis on literature and history){Source}. Upon graduation, the future sovereign prince entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Great Britain, where he completed his officer's training{Source}, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant{Source}. His first assignment as a second lieutenant, he served for six months in the Coldstream Guards in Hong Kong and London{Source}. After serving in the military, he returned to Liechtenstein to attend Salzburg University, earning a master's degree in the spring of 1993 {Source}.
He has worked in London and Liechtenstien {Source}. After getting his master's degree, he moved to London to work for a firm of charter accountants until 1996 {Source}. After that, he returned to Liechtenstein to work with the family's affairs {Source}.
On 15 August 2004 under Art. 13bis of the Constitution of the Principality of Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II appointed Hereditary Prince Alois his permanent representative for exercising the sovereign powers due to him, in preparation for his succession to the throne {Source} . Since 15 August 2004 the Hereditary Prince has thus been performing both nationally and internationally the duties of Head of State of the Principality of Liechtenstein {Source}.
On 3 July 1993, HSH Hereditary Prince Alois was married to HSH Duchess Sophie in Bavaria {Source} . They have four children:
- Prince Maximilian Nikolaus Maria (1969)
- Princess Angela (1958)
- Prince Alfons Constantin Maria (2001)
- Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria (1972)
- Princess Maria (1975)
- Prince Moritz Emanuel Maria (2003)
- Princess Georgina Maximiliana Tatiana Maria (2005)
- Prince Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria (2008)
- Princess Tatjana Nora Maria (1973)
- Baron Matthias Claus-Just Carl Philipp von Lattorff
- Lukas Maria von Lattorff (2000)
- Elisabeth Marie Angela Tatjana von Lattorff (2002)
- Marie Theresa von Lattorff (2004)
- Camilla Katharina Maria von Lattorff ( 2005)
- Anna Pia Theresia Maria von Lattorff (2007)
- Sophia Katharina Maria von Lattorff (2009)
- Maximilian von Lattorf (2011)
During his youth, he resided at Vaduz Castle and attended local schools {Source}. He attended primary school in Vaduz-Ebenholz{Source}, and entered the Liechtenstein Gymnasium (high school) in 1979{Source}. He graduated in the spring of 1987 (high school diploma type B, with an emphasis on literature and history){Source}. Upon graduation, the future sovereign prince entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Great Britain, where he completed his officer's training{Source}, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant{Source}. His first assignment as a second lieutenant, he served for six months in the Coldstream Guards in Hong Kong and London{Source}. After serving in the military, he returned to Liechtenstein to attend Salzburg University, earning a master's degree in the spring of 1993 {Source}.
He has worked in London and Liechtenstien {Source}. After getting his master's degree, he moved to London to work for a firm of charter accountants until 1996 {Source}. After that, he returned to Liechtenstein to work with the family's affairs {Source}.
On 15 August 2004 under Art. 13bis of the Constitution of the Principality of Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II appointed Hereditary Prince Alois his permanent representative for exercising the sovereign powers due to him, in preparation for his succession to the throne {Source} . Since 15 August 2004 the Hereditary Prince has thus been performing both nationally and internationally the duties of Head of State of the Principality of Liechtenstein {Source}.
On 3 July 1993, HSH Hereditary Prince Alois was married to HSH Duchess Sophie in Bavaria {Source} . They have four children:
- Prince Joseph Wenzel (1995)
- Princess Marie Caroline (1996)
- Prince Georg (1999)
- Prince Nikolaus (2000)
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