Succession to the Liechtensteiner throne

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Prince Karl I, who established primogeniture
Prince Johann I Joseph, whose legitimate male patrilineal descendants are entitled to succeed
Prince Hans-Adam II, the present monarch

Succession to the Liechtensteiner throne is governed by the house laws of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, which stipulate agnatic primogeniture. In 2004, the head of state, Hans-Adam II, publicly responded to criticism from a committee of the UN which had voiced concerns about the exclusion of women from the line of succession, stating that the rule was older than the state itself.