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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 .
- Principality
- Early modern period
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.
- 14 December 1990 – present
- Johannes
Mar 19, 2017 · The will of Prince Franz Josef of Thurn und Taxis (9th Prince), whose only son died during World War II, stipulated that the (yet unborn) heir of his brother's grandson were to inherit the family's massive assets including the largest privately owned forests in Europe. So while after Franz Josef's death in 1971, his brother Karl August became ...
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)
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.
The classic yellow and black colors of New York taxis also evoke those of their heraldry. Whatever the correct version, here we will take a look at the history of the Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis. Fürstenhaus is the German expression for Prince’s House, which is already an indication of the rancid pedigree of the family.
