Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein

Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria of Liechtenstein (March 15, 1972 - December 5, 2023), known professionally as Constantin Liechtenstein, was a member of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and businessman. He was the third son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie. He was the chief executive officer of the Liechtenstein Group from 2020 to 2023.

Education and Career

Constantin attended the primary school in Vaduz-Ebenholz and entered the Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium in 1983, which he graduated from in 1991. He enrolled at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in 1992 and graduated in 1997 with a master’s degree in law. He then worked for Raiffeisen Private Equity Management and the American investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman. Prince Constantin then became the managing partner of Grunwald Equity Beteiligungs-GmnH until 2011. In 2012, he became General Director and chairman of the board of directors of the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation and has been responsible for the businesses areas of agriculture and forestry, renewable energy, and the family's real estate affairs. He work for the Liechtenstein Group since 2020. In addition, he had other functions such as chairman of the board of directors of Rice Tec AG, member of the advisory council of LGT Austria and member of the L-GAM Investment Committee.

In addition, Prince Constantin was appointed a member of the Austrian Council for Sustainable Development in Vienna, whose primary goals are the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, concretization and visualization of sustainability as well as the support and acceleration of corresponding activities in business, society, politics, science, media and the public.

Other Activities

Prince Constantin and his family attended the annual Liechtenstein National Day. Prince Constantin was a patron of Football Is More Foundation and attended the annual Football Is More Conferences. In May 2014, Prince Constantin visited The Lower Austrian Forest Youth Games which held in Sparbach Nature Park, the oldest nature park in Austria owned by the Liechtenstein princely family. There, he met sixth grade students and praises the games as to "see nature as an overall view." In 2015, he hosted delegation of Liechtenstein's Members of Parliament at Wilfersdorf Castle in Wilfersdorf. In August 2015, he and his wife attended a charity concert hosted by his sister-in-law Hereditary Princess Sophie at the Liechtenstein City Palace. The money raised was used for a joined of Austrian and Liechtenstein red Cross to help people in Eastern Ukraine. In April 2017, he and his family with other Liechtenstein princely family members visited the Vatican to meet Pope Francis.

In September 2017, he and his sister Princess Tatjana attended the annual Liechtenstein Reception in Vienna.

Prince Constantin initiated and hosted the Summer Rhapsody at the Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna, Austria on 31 July 2020. In March 2022, Prince Constantin with his father and his siblings Hereditary Prince Alois and Princess Tatjana attended the opening of the exhibition "True Prince-Joseph Wenzel and His Art" at the Liechtenstein Palace. On 28 April 2022, Prince Constantin visited Hrusky, Czech Republic with other employees of the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation and donated 5 million koruna to the village to restore the garden and playground of the kindergarten after destroyed by tornado.

Marriage and Family

Prince Constantin married Countess Marie Gabriele Franziska Kalnoky Korospatak civilly on 14 May 1999 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein and religiously on 18 July 1999 in Cicov, Slovakia. The couple have three children:

-Prince Moritz Emanuel Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born 27 May 2003 in New York City, New York)

-Princess Georgina "Gina" Maximiliana Tatiana Maria of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg (born 23 July 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

-Prince Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born 18 May 2008 in Vienna, Austria)

Princess Marie was born on 16 July 1975 in Graz, Austria as the sixth daughter of Count Alois Kalnoky Korospatak and Baroness Sieglinde von Oer. Marie worked for Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and the Bismarck Media Communications in New York City as a marketing specialist before works for The Prince of Liechtenstein's Winery Cellars as a sommelier.

Title

(15 March 1972 - 5 December 2023) His Serene Highness Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg

House: Liechtenstein

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