Fritz von Thurn und Taxis

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis [full German name: Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn und Taxis] on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria) 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.

Prince Friedrich
Born (1950-06-22) 22 June 1950
Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria
SpouseBeata Béry
Full name
German: Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherPrince Johann von Nepomuk von Thurn und Taxis
MotherPrincess Maria Julia von Lobkowicz
ReligionRoman Catholic

Life and career
Thurn und Taxis
Extended family

Thurn und Taxis was the third child and second son of Prince Johann von Nepomuk von Thurn und Taxis and his wife, Princess Maria Julia von Lobkowicz.

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

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

Ancestry
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References
    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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