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portrait by the french portraitist hyacinthe rigaud of prince joseph wenzel i von liechtenstein , prince philip erasmus of liechtenstein 10 february 1772 vienna christina theresa von löwenstein-wertheim-rochefort prague prince of liechtenstein 09 august 1696 princess anna maria antonie of liechtenstein joseph wenzel von liechtenstein.jpg joseph wenzel i , prince of liechtenstein
 joseph wenzel i 1712 -- 1772 -- 1718 / 1732 -- 1745 / 1748
joseph wenzel i , prince of liechtenstein

joseph wenzel i -lrb- josef wenzel lorenz ; 9 august 1696 -- 10 february 1772 -rrb- was the prince of liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718 , 1732 and 1745 , and 1748 and 1772 .
born at prague , joseph wenzel was the eldest son of prince philip erasmus of liechtenstein -lrb- 11 september 1664 -- 13 january 1704 -rrb- and countess christina theresa von löwenstein-wertheim-rochefort -lrb- 12 october 1665 -- 14 april 1730 -rrb- .
he was a nephew of anton florian .
joseph was primarily a general and was a very successful campaigner .
in 1745 , he was made generalissimo in italy and was victorious the following year at the battle of piacenza .
in 1753 he was made general chief commander in hungary .
in one of the greatest achievements of his career , he reorganised the habsburg artillery , partially financed out of his own pocket .
from 1735 to 1736 , he was imperial envoy to berlin and he was ambassador to paris between 1738 to 1741 .
in 1760 , he escorted the future bride of josef ii to vienna .
joseph managed to rule liechtenstein three times .
firstly , in his own right , from 1712 -- 1718 .
the second time , he ruled as the guardian of josef johann adam between 1732 -- 1745 and the third time as representative of the house of liechtenstein from 1748 -- 1772 .
he was the 698th knight of the order of the golden fleece in austria .
when he died in 1772 in vienna , without surviving issue , liechtenstein went to his nephew franz joseph i , prince of liechtenstein .
