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, issue = Prince Anselm
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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 ...

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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,

. In 1922, she married

Family

Elisabeth was the fifth-eldest daughter and child of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and his wife,

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and titular Duchess of Nassau: Marie-Adélaïde and

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Marriage and issue

Elisabeth married

, fourth child and son of

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, and his wife,

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, on 14 November 1922 in

. Elisabeth and Ludwig had two children, five grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren: * Prince Anselm Albert Ludwig Maria Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (14 April 1924 – 25 February 1944),

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Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis , title = Princess Eberhard of Urach , image = , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = Prince Eberhard of Urach , issue = Princess ...

(25 August 1925 – 17 September 2008) married Prince Eberhard of Urach on 18 May 1948. They have five children, sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Prince Ludwig was killed in 1933 in a car accident. Elisabeth died in 1950 at age 49, at their home, Schloss Niederaichbach and was buried next to her husband at

Ancestry

References

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