Lamoral of Taxis (1557 - 7 July 1624,

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) was an official in the

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. He was the son of the general postmaster Leonard I of Taxis (1522, Mechelen – 1612, Brussels). In 1579 he married Genoveva von Taxis, daughter of the

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postmaster Seraphin II. von Taxis. In 1606 he and his father were appointed imperial officials and on 16 January 1608

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. On 27 July 1615 he became hereditary general postmaster and on 8 June 1624 - a month before his death - an imperial count. He is also known as Lamoral I to distinguish him from his nephew Lamoral Claudius Franz von Thurn und Taxis.

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Taxis, Lamoral Graf von.
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, S. 508 f. {{DEFAULTSORT:Taxis, Lamoral of category:1557 births category:1624 deaths Lamoral People from Brussels People from the Spanish Netherlands Postmasters-General