Thurn und Taxis

THURN UND TAXIS

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"The German aristocratic dynasty Thurn un d Taxis traces its lineage to Franz von Taxis, who made his mark as postman to the Habsburgs.  After two centuries, the family received what it fervently desired, royal ranking, and thereafter married into the German nobility, which added Thurn to the name.  By the end of the nineteenth century their mail business expanded to railway building and banking, making the Thurn und Taxis family one of the wealthiest in Central Europe and among its largest landowners.  (Nowell, 2004, pp. 94-95)

Rulers of Thurn und Taxis

Tassi del Cornello
fl. c. 1290:  Omodeo
fl. c. 1312:  Ruggiero
?-?:  Benedetto
?-?:  Palazzo
fl. c. 1380:  Pasino
fl. c. 1460:  Ruggiano I
fl. c. 1475:  Simone
d. 1514:  Ruggiano II
Partition between Elder and Younger branches of Taxis.
Elder Taxis

1518-1541:  Jeannetto (Johann Baptist)

1541-1612:  Leonhard I (Imp. Baron 1608)

1612-1624:  Lamoral (Imp. Count 1624)

1624-1628:  Leonhard II

1628-1676:  Lamoral Claudius Franz

Eugen Alexander Franz von Thurn und Taxis  (1652-1714)

Prinz von Thurn und Taxis, 1676-1714

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1681: He became an hereditary prince of the Spanish crown.  During his reign, the domain of 1681: The doman of Brain-le-Chateau in the Hennegau region was raised to a principality as "Principaute de la Tour et Tassis.

1685: Hereditary imperial prince by Emperor Leopold I

1704: Seat and vote in the Princes' College of the Electoral District of the Rhine. (Killy (Ed.), et. a., 2006, p. 33)

1714-1739:  Anselm Franz

1739-1773:  Alexander Ferdinand

1773-1805:  Karl Anselm

1805-1827:  Krl Alexander

1827-1871:  Maximilian Karl

 

1871-1885:  Maximilian Maria

1885-1952:  Albert I

1952-1971:  Franz Josef

1971-1982:  Karl August

1982-1990:  Johannes

1990-P:  Albrecht II

Younger Taxis
d. 1565:  Simon I
1614-1619:  Anton (Margrave of San Paolo 1614)
Partition between Younger Taxis - Line 1 and Younger Taxis - Line 2
Younger Taxis - Line 1
1619-1644:  Simon II
1644-1658:  Anton II
Younger Taxis - Line 2
1619-1646:  Pompeius
1646-1660:  Karl I
1660-1711:  Michael I (Prince of San Paolo 1686)
1711-1729:  Karl II
1729-1789:  Michael II
1789-1800:  Anton III

References
About Thurn und Taxis
Genealogy at euweb.cz
Regensburg Portrait Gallery

Taxis Surname Y-DNA Project
Thurn und Taxis Website