, 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 =
, issue = Prince Dimitri
Prince Maximilian
Princess Constanza
, house =
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 ...
, father =
Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
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 and Princess Marie de Ligne.Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: ''Genealogisches Handbuch des A ...
, mother =
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-Félix ...
, birth_date =
, birth_place =
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
,
ÃŽle-de-France
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, France
, religion =
Roman Catholicism
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Carlo Alessandro, Principe della Torre e Tasso, 3rd
Duke of Castel Duino, full
Italian name: ''Carlo Alessandro, Principe della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino'' (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the
Castel Duino branch of the
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 ...
.
Family
Carlo Alessandro is the only child of
Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
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 and Princess Marie de Ligne.Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: ''Genealogisches Handbuch des A ...
and his wife
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-Félix ...
. He was born in
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
,
ÃŽle-de-France
The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...
, France.
He is a maternal second cousin of
Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...
, King of Great Britain, through their shared great-grandparents,
King George I and
Queen Olga of Greece, born a Grand Duchess of Russia.
Marriage and issue
Carlo Alessandro married Veronique Lantz, daughter of Gérard Lantz and his wife, Monique Rachet, on 10 February 1976 in
Saint-Tropez
, INSEE = 83119
, postal code = 83990
, image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Tropez-A (Var).svg
, image flag=Flag of Saint-Tropez.svg
Saint-Tropez (; oc, Sant Tropetz, ; ) is a commune in the Var department and the region of Provence- ...
,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its prefe ...
,
France
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. Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:
* Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)
[''Trivia'': when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her ''début'' in 2001 at the ''Bal des débutantes'' in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.] m. 2017 ''
Jonkvrouw
(female equivalent: ; french: Écuyer; en, Squire) is an honorific in the Low Countries denoting the lowest rank within the nobility. In the Netherlands, this in general concerns a prefix used by the untitled nobility. In Belgium, this is the ...
'' Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (*1981)
[
** Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)][
** Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)][Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark]
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* Prince Maximilian della Torre e Tasso (born 22 May 1979)
* Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989)
Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at 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 the Province of Trieste
The Province of Trieste ( it, Provincia di Trieste, sl, Tržaška pokrajina; fur, provinzia di Triest) was a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Trieste.
It had an area of and it had a t ...
, Italy
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.
Ancestry
References
External links
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Napoleon Series
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlo Alessandro Of Castel Duino, Duke
1952 births
Living people
People from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Dukes of Castel Duino
Princes of Thurn und Taxis
Italian Roman Catholics