Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein

Prince Nikolaus
Prince Nikolaus in 2010
Born	(1947-10-24) 24 October 1947 (age 69) Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse	Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (m. 1982)
Issue	Prince Leopold Princess Maria-Anunciata Princess Marie-Astrid Prince Josef-Emanuel
Full name Nikolaus Ferdinand Maria Josef Raphael
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Mother	Countess Georgina Norberta of Wilczek
Religion	Roman Catholic

House of Liechtenstein
HSH The Prince HSH The Princess HSH The Hereditary Prince HRH The Hereditary Princess HSH Prince Joseph Wenzel HSH Princess Marie-Caroline HSH Prince Georg HSH Prince Nikolaus HSH Prince Maximilian HSH Princess Angela HSH Prince Alfons HSH Prince Constantin HSH Princess Marie HSH Prince Moritz HSH Princess Georgina HSH Prince Benedikt HSH Princess Tatjana Extended princely family HSH Prince Philipp HSH Princess Isabelle HSH Prince Alexander HSH Princess Astrid HSH Princess Theodora HSH Prince Wenzeslaus HSH Prince Rudolf HSH Princess Tılsım HSH Princess Laetitia HSH Prince Karl Ludwig HSH Prince Nikolaus HRH Princess Margaretha HSH Princess Maria-Annunciata HSH Princess Marie-Astrid HSH Prince Josef-Emanuel HSH The Dowager Marchioness of Mariño

HSH The Prince
HSH The Princess

Prince Nikolaus Ferdinand Maria Josef Raphael of Liechtenstein (born 24 October 1947) is the non-resident Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the Holy See and a younger brother of the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II.

Nikolaus was born in Zürich as the third son of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein and of his wife, Countess Georgina von Wilczek.

In 1950 at the age of three Nikolaus was made a Knight of Justice in minority of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. When the class of knights in minority was abolished in 1961, Nikolaus received his present rank in the order as a Knight of Honour and Devotion.

Nikolaus completed his primary education in Vaduz before attending the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz. From 1968 to 1972 he studied law at the University of Vienna from which he graduated with the degree Doctor iuris.

From 1973 to 1974 Nikolaus was Wissenschaftlicher Assistent at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. From 1975 to 1976 he worked for courts in Vaduz. From 1977 to 1978 he was an advisor to the Office of International Relations of the Liechtenstein government.

From 1979 to 1989 Nikolaus was Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. In 1986 he was appointed non-resident Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the Holy See, a position he still maintains. From 1989 to 1996 he was Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Switzerland. From 1996 to September 2010 he was Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium.