Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire appointed Karl to Chief Intendant, an important position. Karl held this position until 1607. In a dispute over land between the Emperor and heir to the throne, Archduke Mathias Karl sided with Mathias who made Karl a hereditary prince in thanks for Karl's aid, in 1608. In 1614 Karl joined the regency of the Silesian dukedom Troppau. In thanks for further aid Karl was appointed to the positions of proconsul and vice-regent of Bohemia in 1622 and was bestowed with the Order of the Golden Fleece. He gained the Silesian dukedom Jägerndorf and also gained much confiscated "rebel property" and he commissioned the Liechtenstein dukedom.
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