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Karl I of Liechtenstein ( 1569 - 1627 ) was the first Prince Of Liechtenstein . 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. |