Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino

Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino, full German name: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria–Hungary 11 March 1937 in Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy) was a member of the Bohemian branch of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis. Alessandro was created 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]

Alessandro
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 de Ligne
IssueRaimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
Prince Ludwig
Princess Margarete of Bourbon-Parma
Full name
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

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. He was a great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Marriage and issue

Alessandro married firstly Princess Marie de Ligne, daughter of Louis, 9th Prince de Ligne, and his wife Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld, daughter of Sosthène, Duc de Doudeauville, civilly on 27 January 1906 and religiously on 29 January 1906 in Paris. Alessandro and Marie had children together:

Alessandro and Marie divorced in 1912/1919. Alessandro married for a second time in 1932, in Vrana, Helena "Ella" Holbrook Walker (1875-1959), who had been divorced from Count Manfred Matuschka and from James Hazen Hyde.[3]

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

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References

  1. The Italian branch was included for the last time in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 85 (1984).
  2. Goodyear family Wiki page - see Family tree
  3. She was married 1897-1925 to Manfred, Count Matuschka and 1930-1932 to James Hazen Hyde
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
Raimundo
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