Alessandro | |||||
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![]() Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis in 1922 | |||||
Duke of Castel Duino | |||||
Period | 1923 – 11 March 1937 | ||||
Predecessor | none | ||||
Successor | Raimundo | ||||
Born | Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | 8 July 1881||||
Died | 11 March 1937 Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 55)||||
Spouse | Princess Marie of Ligne Helen Holbrook Walker[1] | ||||
Issue | Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino Prince Ludwig Princess Margarete | ||||
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House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Father | Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst |
Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino,[2] full German name: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 11 March 1937 in Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy) was a member of the Bohemian branch of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis.[2] Alessandro was created Prince della Torre e Tasso and first Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy after relocating to the Kingdom of Italy in 1923.[3]