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Prince Friedrich
Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
Born (1950-06-22) 22 June 1950 (age 74)
Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria
SpouseBeata Béry
Names
Template:Lang-de
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherPrince Johann von Nepomuk of Thurn and Taxis
MotherPrincess Maria Julia of Lobkowicz
ReligionRoman Catholic

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis[1][2] [full German name: Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn und Taxis][1][2] on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria[1][2]) is an Austrian journalist and a member of the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. He became well known as a longtime sportscaster on the Bayerisches Fernsehen television channel. Since 1993, Thurn und Taxis has been a football commentator on the pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Family

House of Thurn und Taxis
Extended family

Thurn und Taxis was the third child and second son of Johann von Nepomuk Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Julia, born Lobkowicz.[1][2]

Career

His journalistic career began in 1971 with the Bayerischen Rundfunk. There, Thurn und Taxis worked in both television and in radio programs as a sports reporter and commentator and reported on several Olympic Games, football, skiing, and Ice Hockey World Championships events.

In honor of his years of reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) awarded Thurn und Taxis with an IIHF gold medal. Later, he hosted the sports magazine show Blickpunkt Sport on Bayerischen Rundfunk and moderated the Sportschau on ARD. Beginning in August 1993, Thurn und Taxis began hosting live Fußball-Bundesliga matches on the Munich-based pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Marriage

Styles of
Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
Reference styleHis Serene Highness
Spoken styleYour Serene Highness
Alternative styleSir

Thurn und Taxis married morganatically to Beata Béry, daughter of Laszlo Béry and his wife Countess Paula Apponyi de Nagy-Appony,[1] on 4 June 1977 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 22 June 1950 – present: His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Fritz von Thurn und Taxis
16. Prince Hugo Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis
8. Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis
17. Countess Almeria of Belcredi
4. Prince Erich of Thurn and Taxis
18. Egon, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
9. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
19. Countess Theresa of Thurn-Hofer-Valssasina
2. Prince Johann von Nepomuk of Thurn and Taxis
20. Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
10. Rudolf, 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
21. Princess Marie of Liechtenstein
5. Countess Gabriele Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
22. Count Johann Nepomuk of Wilczek
11. Countess Marie Gabriele of Wilczek
23. Countess Emma Emo Capodilista
1. Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
24. Prince Joseph Franz Karl of Lobkowicz
12. Ferdinand, Prince of Lobkowicz
25. Princess Maria Sidonia of Lobkowicz
6. Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz
26. Count Leopold Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
13. Countess Ida Maria Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
27. Countess Franziska Paar
3. Princess Maria Julia of Lobkowicz
28. William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo
14. Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
29. Countess Juliana Batthyány-Strattmann
7. Princess Franziska of Montenuovo
30. Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (= 20)
15. Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
31. Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (= 21)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Darryl Lundy (4 June 2005). "Friedrich Leonhard Prinz von Thurn und Taxis". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Paul Theroff. "THURN und TAXIS". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
Fritz von Thurn und Taxis
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 22 June 1950
German royalty
Preceded by
Prince Albrecht of Thurn and Taxis
 House of Thurn and Taxis line of succession
3rd position 		Succeeded by
Prince Karl Ferdinand of Thurn and Taxis
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