![]() ![]() Not long afterward, the Liechtenstein Army was abolished as it was regarded as an unnecessary expense. Liechtenstein left the German Confederation in 1866. The constitution has survived but with revisions, most notably in 2003. It granted considerable political rights to common Liechtensteiners and made the principality a constitutional monarchy. After World War I, Johann II granted a new constitution in 1921. In 1862, Johann II issued Liechtenstein's first constitution. Although his mother acted as his regent from 10 February 1859 to November 1860, she was not the regent for a minor, but was appointed by her son to fulfill his duties because he wished to finish his education before he began his rule. Until he was surpassed by Elizabeth II on, his reign had been the longest precisely documented tenure of any European monarch since antiquity in which a regent (that is, a regent serving in place of an underage sovereign) was never employed. He ascended to the throne shortly after his 18th birthday. Johann II was the elder son of Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. His reign of 70 years and 91 days is the third-longest of any sovereign monarch in European history, after those of King Louis XIV and Queen Elizabeth II respectively, and fourth-longest overall (for which exact dates are known) after King Louis XIV, Queen Elizabeth II, and King Bhumibol Adulyadej respectively. der Gute), was Prince of Liechtenstein from 12 November 1858 until his death in 1929. Johann II (Johann Maria Franz Placidus 5 October 1840 – 11 February 1929), nicknamed the Good ( German: Johann II. ![]() ![]() Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, VranovĬountess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau ![]()
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