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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] |
House Of Thurn And Taxis
The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and became well known as the owner of breweries and builder of many castles. The current head of the House is Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The family is one of the wealthiest in Germany and has resided at St. Emmeram Castle in Regensburg since 1812. They resided in this city since 1748. They are one of the mediatised Houses for their former Sovereign Imperial counties, later mediatised to Kingdom of Wurttemberg (Principality of Buchau, now Bad Buchau), Kingdom of Bavaria and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. History The Tasso family (from the Italian word for "badger") was a Lombard family in the area of Bergamo. The earliest records place them in Almenno in the Val Brembana around 1200,Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
