, title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, image = Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.JPG
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, reign = 10 November 1871 – 2 June 1885
, reign-type = Period
, coronation =
, predecessor =
Maximilian Karl
, successor =
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, succession =
Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
, spouse =
, issue =
, house =
Thurn and Taxis
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, father =
Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, title = Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, image = Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.jpg
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, reign =
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, coronation =
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, mother =
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
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, birth_place =
Schloss Taxis,
Dischingen
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, place of burial = Gruftkapelle,
Saint Emmeram's Abbey,
Regensburg
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, religion =
Roman Catholic
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Maximilian Maria Carl Joseph Gabriel Lamoral, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full
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name: ''Maximilian Maria Carl Joseph Gabriel Lamoral Fürst von Thurn und Taxis'' (24 June 1862,
Schloss Taxis,
Dischingen
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Kingdom of Württemberg
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– 2 June 1885,
Regensburg
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Bavaria
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) was the seventh
Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 10 November 1871 until his death on 2 June 1885.
Early life
Maximilian Maria was the elder of the two sons of
Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, title = Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, image = Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.jpg
, caption =
, reign =
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, successor = ...
and
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
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. After the death of his father on 26 June 1867, he became
heir apparent
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to the headship of the
House of Thurn and Taxis. With the death of his grandfather Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis on 10 November 1871, he succeeded as Prince of Thurn and Taxis at the age of nine.
Education
To prepare for his future office, Maximilian Maria received his education from Baron Carl von
Geyr-Schweppenburg. Maximilian Maria attended no public school, but was given private lessons. Beginning in the Autumn of 1880, he studied philosophy, law, and economics at the
Universities of Bonn
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,
Strasbourg
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, and
Göttingen
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. Since his youth, he was fascinated not only with riding and hunting, but also with the promotion of arts and sciences. He urged his archivist to establish and write a scientifically based history of the House of Thurn and Taxis.
[Dallmeier, Schad, a. a. O., S. 117.]
Career and philanthropy
To celebrate his achievements and the official takeover of the government business of the House of Thurn and Taxis, Maximilian Maria created generous foundations for the poor of the city of Regensburg and the surrounding countryside, and also for the restoration of the
St. Emmeram's Abbey
Saint Emmeram's Abbey (german: Kloster Sankt Emmeram or ''Reichsabtei Sankt Emmeram''), now known as Schloss Thurn und Taxis, Schloss St. Emmeram or St. Emmeram's Basilica, was a Benedictine monastery founded in about 739 at Regensburg in Bavari ...
.
Death
He died young at age 22. His heart had been weakened by
scarlet fever
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in childhood, and he had severe
heart spasms. In 1885, he died of a
pulmonary embolism.
Ancestry
References
Bibliography
*Wolfgang Behringer: ''Thurn und Taxis, Die Geschichte ihrer Post und ihrer Unternehmen''. München, Zürich 1990, .
*Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad: ''Das Fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis, 300 Jahre Geschichte in Bildern''. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1996, .
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1862 births
1885 deaths
People from Heidenheim (district)
Hereditary Princes of Thurn and Taxis
German Roman Catholics
German philanthropists
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Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
Members of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords
Burials at the Gruftkapelle, St. Emmeram's Abbey