Raimondo, Prince della Torre e Tasso, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (16 March 1907 – 17 March 1986) was the son of

Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino , image =File:Prince Sascha of Thurn and Taxis LCCN2014715368.jpg , image_size = , caption =Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis in 1922 , reign = 1923 – 11 March 1937 , reign-type = Period , succession = ...

and Princess Marie de

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.Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'' volume 85 (1984).

Duke of Castel Duino

His father was naturalised in

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in 1923 with the title Prince della Torre e Tasso and was also created

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 ...

. Raimundo succeeded as the 2nd duke of Castel Duino following the death of his father on 11 March 1937.

Marriage and issue

He was married to

Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark ( el, Ευγενία; 10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Marie-Féli ...

on 28 November 1949 in

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. They divorced on 11 May 1965, having had one son who succeeded Raimondo as the 3rd duke of Castel Duino. *

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 = ...

(born 1952)

Ancestry

References

The Peerage
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