1627 - 1684 After
the death of Prince Karl, his son Karl Eusebius (born 1611,
died 1684) was first placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Prince Maximilian. In 1632, after the
mandatory "gentleman's tour", the ceremonial homage by the Silesian estates took place in
Troppau and Jägerndorf. The Prince was also briefly entrusted with public duties – from 1639 to 1641,
he held the office of Chief Captain of the Duchies of Upper and Lower Silesia. His
top priority was the consolidation of the properties devastated by the Thirty Years' War. Financial
problems also arose from the acquisitions of property by his father, the legality of which was called
into question by the Court Treasury. The resulting compensation claims were in the amount of about 1.7
million guilders. Nevertheless, the Prince succeeded
in investing considerable sums in his cultural predilections. His purchase of selected paintings, bronzes,
rifles, and valuable artistic products laid the foundation of the Liechtenstein Collections. In
addition, he was famous for his breeding of horses and the Eisgrub Gardens, and he demonstrated his
interest in architecture by writing a treatise on architectural theory. |
 Prince Karl Eusebius |