Liechtenstein: Europe’s Last Absolute Monarchy

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Interesting overview, lots of good facts: https://www.1843magazine.com/travel/liechtenstein-the-magic-princedom
Very detailed online resource (in German only, but available here via Google Translate): https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Revolution_1848&prev=search
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Liechtenstein
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17536589
Liechtenstein’s official website, including history: https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/country-and-people/history/creation-of-liechtenstein/
Some pre-history: http://www.liechtensteinusa.org/page/history
War of the First Coalition: https://www.thoughtco.com/french-revolutionary-wars-1221703
Confederation of the Rhine: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/the-confederation-of-the-rhine/
1809 uprising: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Aufstand_1809&usg=ALkJrhi4jFyhC-Zmea6XW9fYCNvayVzW5g
1831 Riots: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Unruhen_1831/32&usg=ALkJrhiXiYxRb70Oms-_5K3oHOiyFeg1XQ
WWI: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Erster_Weltkrieg&usg=ALkJrhjRI-XiFGxNeRvWKuiSC9WHT1-5lQ
Rotterdam murders: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Rotter-Entf%25C3%25BChrung&usg=ALkJrhibpGfKnLY9BH428zXMrDf9CSjDlw
WWII: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Zweiter_Weltkrieg&usg=ALkJrhhHChO-3A9hSrfzZQEt9DN-6qRr_g
Liechtenstein Czech dispute: https://www.dw.com/en/liechtenstein-prince-loses-court-case-over-property-seized-by-czechs-after-world-war-ii/a-52531651
Money laundering: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/oct/27/theobserver.observerbusiness9

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