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MILESTONES, Page 58
DIED. Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein, 83, monarch of
the 62-sq.-mi. principality for 51 years; in Grabs, Switzerland.
The twelfth ruler of Liechtenstein and a nephew of Austrian
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in 1914 triggered
World War I, he was the first Prince to take up permanent residence
in the principality. He directed a modernization that transformed
Liechtenstein from an underdeveloped rural community into one of
Europe's richest enclaves. He is succeeded by his oldest son,
Prince Hans Adam, 44.