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Order Of Parfaite Amitié
The Order of Parfaite Amitié (german: Orden de Parfaite Amitié; literally meaning the 'Order of Perfect Friendship') is a dynastic order of knighthood of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis. History The order was founded during the reign of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, as the supreme order of the princely house. Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, then reformed the order and was able to formally transmit it to descendants to this day. With the abolition of the principalities of the Confederation of the Rhine by the acts of 12 July 1806, the order's value became related to the dynasty, and it is to be given to members who have turned 18 years of age. Insignia The order's badge consists of a golden eight-pointed Maltese cross in white enamel. Between the arms of the cross can be seen a tower and an upright lion, the main symbols from the coat of arms of the House of Thurn and Taxis. Upon the arms of the cross are engraved the words ''VINCULUM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Order
The Friedrich Order (german: Friedrichs-Orden or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King Friedrich I. In 1918, the end of the monarchy meant the abolition of the order. Classes The order was created with a single class, conferring nobility. On 3 January 1856, the Order was recreated with four classes were created and on 29 September 1870 a Knight 1st Class and a military division with swords were added (existing Knights were appointed Knights 1st Class). In 1892 the "Medal of the Order of Frederick" was added to the order.Nimmergut Katalog 2008 An additional rank was created on 6 March 1899, the Grand Cross with Crown (or Crown of the Grand Cross). The classes were: :Grand Cross with Crown :Grand Cross :Commander 1st Class :Commander 2nd Class :Knight 1st Class :Knight 2nd Class :Medal The ribbon was skyblue. Recipie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert, 8th Prince Of Thurn And Taxis
, title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis , image =AlbertThurnTaxis.jpg , caption = , reign = 2 June 1885 – 22 January 1952 , reign-type = Period , coronation = , predecessor = Maximilian Maria , successor = Franz Joseph , succession = Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis , spouse = Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria , issue = Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and TaxisPrince Joseph AlbertKarl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Prince Ludwig Philipp Prince Max Emanuel Elisabeth Helene, Margravine of Meissen Prince Raphael RainerPrince Philipp Ernst , house = Thurn and Taxis , father =Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis , mother =Duchess Helene in Bavaria , birth_date = , birth_place = Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria , death_date = , death_place = Regensburg, Bavaria, West Germany , place of burial = Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchess Helene In Bavaria
, title = Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis , image = Helene of Bavaria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis.jpg , caption = Photograph by Oscar Kramer , spouse = , issue = , issue-link = #Children , house = Wittelsbach , father = Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria , mother = Princess Ludovika of Bavaria , birth_date = , birth_place = Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria , death_date = , death_place = Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria , burial_place = Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg , religion = Roman Catholic Helene Caroline Therese (4 April 1834 16 May 1890), nicknamed Néné, was the Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis as the wife of Maximilian Anton Lamoral. She was a Duchess in Bavaria by birth as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph and Princess Ludovika. She was temporarily the head of the Thurn and Taxis family. Helene’s maternal aunt, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, saw Helene as a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Gustav Of Thurn And Taxis (1848–1914)
, title = Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis , image = Gustav Thurn und taxis with wife Karoline.jpg , spouse = Princess Karoline of Thurn and Taxis , issue = , house = Thurn and Taxis , father =Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis , mother =Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg , birth_date = , birth_place = Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria , death_date = , death_place = Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria-Hungary , place of burial = , religion = Roman Catholic } Prince ''Gustav'' Otto Maximilian Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (23 February 1848 – 9 July 1914), full German name: ''Gustav Otto Maximilian Lamoral Prinz von Thurn und Taxis'', was the sixth child of Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his second wife Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg. He was born on 2 February 1848 in Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria. Family Paul, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Gustav Of Thurn And Taxis
, image = , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = , issue = , house =Thurn und Taxis , father = Prince Franz of Thurn and Taxis , mother = Countess Theresia Grimaud of Orsay , birth_date = , birth_place = Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony , death_date = , death_place = Munich, Bavarian Soviet Republic , burial_place = , religion = Roman Catholic Prince Gustav Franz Maria of Thurn and Taxis, (22 August 1888 – 30 April 1919) was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Prince of Thurn and Taxis by birth. As a member of the Thule Society, Gustav was killed by the Bavarian Soviet Republic (german: Bayerische Räterepublik) government during the German Revolution of 1918–19. Family Gustav was born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony as the fourth child and second son of Prince Franz of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Countess Theresia Grimau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria, Princess Of Thurn And Taxis
Gloria of Thurn and Taxis (''Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta''; born Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau, 23 February 1960) is a German socialite, businesswoman, Catholic activist, and artist. Through her marriage to Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, she became the Princess Consort of Thurn und Taxis. Early life and family Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau was born on 23 February 1960 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her father, Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, was the nominal head of the Glauchau branch of the German princely House of Schönburg, a mediatised dynasty within the former Holy Roman Empire. Her mother, Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék, was a member of the Hungarian nobility and a descendant of Count István Széchenyi. Her parents divorced in 1986 and her father married a second time to Ursula Zwicker. Gloria is one of five children from her father's two marriages. She has 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Gabriel Of Thurn And Taxis
Prince Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (german: Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral Prinz von Thurn und Taxis) (16 October 1922 – 17 December 1942) was a Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Gabriel was second in the line of succession to the Headship of the House of Thurn and Taxis after his father Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis until his death in the Battle of Stalingrad, at which point he was replaced by his uncle Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Prince Karl August of Thurn and Taxis. Family Gabriel was born at Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, the eldest child and son of Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn and Taxis (later 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) and his wife Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza. His twin sister, Princess Michaela of Thurn and Taxis, died at birth. Gabriel was a paternal grandson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Von Thurn Und Taxis
, image = , caption = , spouse = Beata Béry , house = Thurn and Taxis , father = Prince Johann von Nepomuk von Thurn und Taxis , mother = Princess Maria Julia von Lobkowicz , birth_date = , birth_place = Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria , death_date = , death_place = , place of burial = , religion = Roman Catholic Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born ''Friedrich'' Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria is an Austrian journalist and a member of the Bohemian line of the House of Thurn and Taxis. He became well known as a longtime sportscaster on the Bayerisches Fernsehen television channel. Since 1993, Thurn und Taxis has been a football commentator on the pay television channel Sky Deutschland. Life and career Thurn und Taxis was the third child and second son of Prince Johann von Nepomuk von Thurn und Taxis and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Joseph, 9th Prince Of Thurn And Taxis
, title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis , image = Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis with Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, ca 1910.jpg , caption = Franz Joseph with his younger brother, Karl August, circa 1910 , reign = 22 January 1952 – 13 July 1971 , reign-type = Period , coronation = , predecessor = Albert I , successor = Karl August , succession = Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis , spouse =Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza , issue = Prince GabrielPrincess MichaelaPrincess HelenePrincess Maria TheresiaPrincess Maria Ferdinande , house = Thurn and Taxis , father =Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis , mother =Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire , death_date = , death_place = Regensburg, Bavaria, West Germany , burial_place = Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Elisabeth Of Thurn And Taxis (1860–1881)
, image = Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis.jpg , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony , death_date = , death_place = Ödenburg, Austrian Empire , house = Thurn and Taxis , spouse = Miguel, Duke of Braganza , issue = , father = Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis , mother = Duchess Helene in Bavaria , religion = Catholic Church Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (German: ''Elisabeth Maria Maximiliana''; 28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881) was the Duchess of Braganza and wife of Miguel, Duke of Braganza. Life Elisabeth was a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and an Infanta of Portugal, Princess of Braganza, and titular Queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920. Elisabeth was the second eldest child and daughter of Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Helene in Bava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Elisabeth Of Luxembourg (1901–1950)
, title = Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis , image = Elisabeth, Princess Ludwig of Thurn and Taxis (b. Princess of Luxembourg 1901).jpg , caption = , spouse = Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis , issue = Prince Anselm Iniga, Princess Eberhard of Urach , house = Nassau-Weilburg , father = William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg , mother = Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal , birth_date = , birth_place = Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , death_date = , death_place = Schloss Hohenburg, Hohenburg, Bavaria, Germany , burial_place = St. Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg , religion = Roman Catholic Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg (Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine; 7 March 1901 – 2 August 1950) was the daughter of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and his wife, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal. In 1922, she married Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis. Family Elisabeth was the fifth-eldest daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke Of Castel Duino
, image = , caption = , reign = 17 March 1986 – present , reign-type = Period , succession = Duke of Castel Duino , predecessor = Raimundo , successor = Prince Dimitri , suc-type = Heir-Apparent , spouse = , issue = Prince DimitriPrince MaximilianPrincess Constanza , house = Thurn and Taxis , father = Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino , mother = Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark , birth_date = , birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France , religion = Roman Catholicism Carlo Alessandro, Principe della Torre e Tasso, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino, full Italian name: ''Carlo Alessandro, Principe della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino'' (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the Castel Duino branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis. Family Carlo Alessandro is the only child of Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino and his wife Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark. He was born in Neui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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