The Dukes of Castel Duino are a
noble family
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in
Italy
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descending from the
Bohemian line of the
Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.
History
The title was created along with the additional title of Principe della Torre e Tasso in 1934 for
Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis following his naturalisation in the
Kingdom of Italy
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. The second duke,
Raimondo
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* Raimondo Boucheron (1800–1876), Italian composer, chiefly of sacred music
* Raimondo D'Inzeo (1925–2013), Italian show jumping rid ...
, married
Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
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a member of the
Greek Royal Family
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.
[Genealogy of family della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels band 85 (1984).]
The seat of the family is
Duino Castle
Duino Castle ( it, Castello di Duino, german: Schloss Duino, sl, Grad Devin) is a fourteenth-century fortification located in Duino (municipality of Duino-Aurisina), near Trieste, Italy, on the cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Trieste.
Building co ...
in
Duino
Duino ( sl, Devin, german: Tybein) is today a seaside resort on the northern Adriatic coast. It is a ''hamlet'' of Duino-Aurisina, a municipality (''comune'') of the Friuli–Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. The settlement, picturesque ...
in the
Province of Trieste
The Province of Trieste ( it, Provincia di Trieste, sl, Tržaška pokrajina; fur, provinzia di Triest) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Trieste.
It had an are ...
,
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Dukes of Castel Duino (1934-present)
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Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino (1881-1937), son of Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg- Schillingsfürst
*
Prince Raimondo della Torre e Tasso, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907-1986)
*
Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino (born 1952)
The heir is
Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso
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(born 1977).
References
External links
Duino Castle
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Duke of Castel Duino
The Dukes of Castel Duino are a noble family in Italy descending from the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.
History
The title was created along with the additional title of Principe della Torre e Tasso in 1934 for Princ ...
Noble titles created in 1923