HSH Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein

His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois Philipp Maria von und zu Liechtenstein (born 11 June 1968) has been Regent of Liechtenstein (Stellvertreter des Fürsten) since 15 August 2004. Alois, Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein File links The following pages link to this file: Alois of Liechtenstein ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Zürich, he is the eldest son of Fürst Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein (b. 1945) and his wife, formerly Marie Aglaë, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (b. 1940). Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... His Serene Highness Hans-Adam II (Johannes Hans Adam Ferdinand Aloys Josef Maria Marko dAviano Pius), styled HSH The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein (born February 14, 1945), is the son of Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (1906-1989) and his wife Gina von Wilczek (1921-1989). ... HSH Princess Marie of Liechtenstein Her Serene Highness, Princess Marie Aglaë, Countess Kinsky von Wchninitz und Tettau is the wife of His Serene Highness Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein. ...

He attended the Liechtenstein Grammar School in Vaduz-Ebenholz and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. He served in the Coldstream Guards in Hong Kong and London for six months before entering Salzburg University, graduating with a master's degree in jurisprudence in 1993. Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein. ... The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. ... Sandhurst is the name of several villages in the UK, the most famous being the one in Berkshire near Camberley. ... The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...

Until 1996 he worked at a London auditing company; in May 1996 he returned to Vaduz and became active in managing his father's finances, and took an increasingly active role in political discussions and consultations, and in undertaking representative duties for Liechtenstein.

On Liechtenstein Day (15 August) in 1990, he and his father publicly and jointly swore to uphold the Constitution. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hans-Adam II won sweeping new powers (the right to veto laws and elect judges) in a Constitutional referendum in 2003. The word veto comes from Latin and literally means I forbid. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On Liechtenstein Day 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Erbprinz Alois, as a way of transitioning to a new generation. (Hans-Adam remained Head of State). 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Though a term originally coined for Republican presidents, a head of state or chief of state is now universally known as the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions...

On 3 July 1993, at St. Florin's in Vaduz, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein married HRH Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria (b. 1967). It is worth noting that Sophie of Bavaria is expected to become the Jacobite claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, being 2nd in line, next to her father, Duke Max in Bavaria, the brother of the current claimant. July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein. ... Her Royal Highness Hereditary Princess Sophie von und zu Liechtenstein (born October 28, 1967), née Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria is the wife of HSH Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein. ...

The Hereditary Prince and Princess have four children:

• HSH Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria (born May 24, 1995)
• HSH Princess Marie Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata (born October 17, 1996)
• HSH Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria (April 20, 1999)
• HSH Prince Nikolaus Sebastian Alexander Maria (December 6, 2000)

Alois of Liechtenstein was also the name of the grandfather of Fürst Hans Adam II, thus the great-grandfather of the current Alois. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...