Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino

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Alessandro
Duke of Castel Duino
Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis in 1922
Duke of Castel Duino
Period1923 – 11 March 1937
Predecessornone
SuccessorRaimundo
Born(1881-07-08)8 July 1881
Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria–Hungary
Died11 March 1937(1937-03-11) (aged 55)
Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy
SpousePrincess Marie of Ligne
IssueRaimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
Prince Ludwig of Thurn and Taxis
Princess Margarete of Bourbon-Parma
Names
German: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherPrince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
MotherPrincess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg- Schillingsfürst
ReligionRoman Catholic

Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino,[1][2] full German name: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis[1][2] (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria–Hungary[1][2] – 11 March 1937 in Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy[1][2]) was a Prince of Thurn of Taxis and a member of the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.[1][2] Alessandro was created a Prince della Torre e Tasso and first Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy after relocating to the Kingdom of Italy in 1923.[1][2][3]

Family

Alessandro was the third child and son of Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg- Schillingsfürst.[1][2] He was a great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen.

Marriage and issue

Alessandro married first to Princess Marie of Ligne, daughter of Louis, 9th Prince of Ligne and his wife Elisabeth de la Rochefoucauld, civilly on 27 January 1906 and religiously on 29 January 1906 in Paris.[1][2] Alessandro and Marie had three children together:[1][2]

Alessandro and Marie divorced in 1912/1919.[1][2] Alessandro married secondly in 1932, in Vrana, to Helena "Ella" Holbrook Walker (1875-1959),[1][2] who was married and divorced to Count Manfred Matuschka and to James Hazen Hyde.[4]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 8 July 1881 – 1923: His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis
  • 1923 – 11 March 1937: His Serene Highness The Duke of Castel Duino, Prince della Torre e Tasso

Ancestry

Family of Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
16. Prince Maximilian Joseph of Thurn and Taxis
8. Prince Karl Anselm of Thurn and Taxis
17. Princess Eleonore of Lobkowicz
4. Prince Hugo Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis
18. Emmerich Joseph, Count of Eltz
9. Countess Marie Isabelle of Eltz
19. Countess Henriette of Colloredo-Mannsfeld
2. Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
20. Count Anton of Belcredi
10. Count Eduard of Belcredi
21. Maria Theodora von Freyenfels
5. Countess Almeria of Belcredi
22. Johann Franz de Paula, Count of Fünfkirchen zu Chlumetz
11. Countess Marie of Fünfkirchen
23. Countess Marie Josephine Chorinsky-Ledske
1. Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
24. Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
12. Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
25. Countess Judith Reviczky de Revisnye
6. Prince Egon of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
26. Karl Joseph Aloys, Landgrave of Fürstenberg
13. Princess Maria Leopoldina of Fürstenberg
27. Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis
3. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
28. Raimund Joseph, Count of Thurn and Valsássina
14. Count Johann Baptist of Thurn and Valsassina
29. Baroness Marie Walburga of Gumppenberg
7. Countess Theresa of Thurn-Hofer-Valsassina
30. Count Pompeo Brigido
15. Countess Polyxena Brigido
31. Countess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Valsássina

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Darryl Lundy (20 Jun 2005). "Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria Prinz von Thurn und Taxis". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Paul Theroff. "THURN und TAXIS". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  3. ^ The Italian branch was included for the last time in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 85 (1984).
  4. ^ She was married before to 1897-1925 Manfred count Matuschka and to 1930-1932 James Hazen Hyde; both mariages ended by divorce.
Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 8 July 1881 Died: 11 March 1937
Italian nobility
Preceded by
new creation
 Duke of Castel Duino
1923 – 11 March 1937 		Succeeded by
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