Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino

Carlo Alessandro, Prince della Torre e Tasso, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino, full Italian name: Carlo Alessandro, Principe della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the Castel Duino branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis.[1]

Carlo Alessandro
Duke of Castel Duino
Period17 March 1986 – present
PredecessorRaimundo
Heir-ApparentPrince Dimitri
Born (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spouse
Veronique Lantz
(
m. 1976)
IssuePrince Dimitri
Prince Maximilian
Princess Constanza
Full name
Italian: Carlo Alessandro
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherRaimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
MotherPrincess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Thurn und Taxis
Extended family

Family

Carlo Alessandro is the only child of Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino and his wife Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

He is a maternal second cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales through their shared great-grandparents, King George I and Queen Olga of Greece, born a Grand Duchess of Russia.

Marriage and issue

Carlo Alessandro married Veronique Lantz, daughter of Gérard Lantz and his wife, Monique Rachet, on 10 February 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:

  • Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)[2] m. 2017 Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (*1981)[3]
    • Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)[3]
    • Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)[3]
  • Prince Maximilian della Torre e Tasso (born 22 May 1979)
  • Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989)

Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at Duino Castle in the Province of Trieste, Italy.

Titles and styles
  • 10 February 1952 – 17 March 1986: His Serene Highness Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso
  • 17 March 1986 – present: His Serene Highness The Duke of Castel Duino

Ancestry

References
  1. Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
  2. Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.
  3. Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
  • "Monarchies of Europe". Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  • Napoleon Series
Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 10 February 1952
Italian nobility
Preceded by
Raimundo		 Duke of Castel Duino
17 March 1986 – present		 Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Dimitri
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