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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 ...
Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Fürst von Thurn und Taxis, pronounced [ˈalbɛʁt maˈʁiːa lamoˈʁal miˈɡɛl joˈhanəs ˈɡaːbʁieːl fʏʁst fɔn ˈtʊʁn ʔʊnt ˈtaksɪs]; born 24 June 1983), is a German aristocrat, businessman and race car driver.
Karl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis (1792–1844), the firstborn (not to be confused with his uncle Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis of Regensburg, heir to the senior line of the House of Thurn und Taxis)
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 ...
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 ...
The head of the House of Thurn und Taxis is Prince Albert II of Thurn und Taxis, son of Giovanni and his wife Gloria. The family is one of the richest and most prestigious in Germany; it resides at the castle of Sant'Emmerano, formerly a princely abbey, in Regensburg since 1748.
