Duke of Castel Duino

The Dukes of Castel Duino are a noble family in Italy descending from the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. The title was created along with the additional title of Principe della Torre e Tasso in 1923 for Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis following his naturalisation in Kingdom of Italy. The second duke, Raimundo, married Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark a member of the Greek Royal Family.[1]

Thurn und Taxis
Extended family

The seat of the family is Duino Castle in Duino in the Province of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Dukes of Castel Duino (1923-present)

The heir is Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 1977).

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gollark: Real payment systems partly get around this by making the chip on the card itself do some cryptography, so it can't make payments without the card being physically there still, but I don't think there's actually anything other than trust, the law, and "security" through obscurity stopping a payment thing from deducting more money than it should?
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References
  1. genealogy of family della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels band 85 (1984).
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