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The current head of the house of Thurn and Taxis is Albert II, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, son of Johannes and his wife, Gloria. The family is one of the wealthiest in Germany. The family's brewery was sold to the Paulaner Group of Munich in 1996, but it still produces beer under the brand of Thurn und Taxis .
Mar 2, 2022 · Thurn and Taxis was a noble family and princely house which dominated the delivery of post in Europe from the late 15th to 18th centuries. They came to control swathes of the continent’s mail after being pronounced the imperial postmasters of the Holy Roman Empire in 1489. At its peak, Thurn and Taxis’ postal service had more than 20,000 ...
Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis; Period: 14 December 1990 – present: Predecessor: Johannes
The family history can be traced back to the early 12th century. Even then, the Tassos or Tassis served the Republic of Venice and the Papal State as faithful couriers on political missions. Their home was in the small village of Cornello to the north of Bergamo. They maintain close connections to their Italian homeland even today. The ...
Mar 19, 2017 · Prince Albert was only born a year later in 1983, 12 years after the death of Franz Josef who made him his heir. In the meantine, however, the Thurn und Taxis saved inheritance taxes not once but twice. If inheritance had gone the usual way, they would have needed to pay taxes on the death of Franz Josef in 1971, then again in 1982 when Karl ...
History of the Thurn und Taxis Family. The family history can be traced back to the early 12th century. The Counts de la Torre or Torriani settled in Cornello near Bergamo after the struggle for control of the city of Milan. They are, according to family legends at least, considered the forerunners of the Taxis. History of the Thurn und Taxis ...
Albert II, twelfth Prince of Thurn und Taxis, was born in Regensburg on 24 June 1983. He completed his school education from 1993 to 1998 at the private Pindl grammar school in Regensburg and from 1998 to 2003 at the German School in Rome, where he passed his university entrance qualifications. Prince Albert studied economics and theology at ...
