Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
| Alessandro | |
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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,Kingdom of Italy in 1923.[3]
Family
Alessandro was the third child and son of Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst.[citation needed] He was a great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
First marriage and issue
Alessandro’s first marriage was to Princess Marie Susanne Marguerite Louise de
La Rochefoucauld, daughter of Sosthène, Duc de Doudeauville, civilly on 27 January 1906 and religiously on 29 January 1906 in Paris.[citation needed] Alessandro and Marie had children together:[citation needed
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- Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (Castel Duino 16 March 1907 – Castel Duino 17 March 1986),[citation needed] married Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
- Prince Luigi della Torre e Tasso (Castel Duino 5 October 1908 – Camillus, New York 25 March 1985)[4] married Frances Goodyear (granddaughter of Buffalo, New York industrialist Charles W. Goodyear in 1939.[5][6] They divorced in 1948.[6] Together they had one son, “Sascha” Alexander Frederick Bradley, Prince of Torre e Tasso (1940-2011).[7]
- Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis (born at Château de Belœil on 8 November 1909 – died on 21 September 2006),[citation needed] married Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma, youngest child of Robert I, Duke of Parma. Together they had one daughter, Princess Diane Marguerite of Bourbon-Parma.
Alessandro and Marie divorced in 1919.[citation needed]
Second marriage
In 1932, in
Ella lived many years beyond her husband’s death in 1937, and worked on the upkeep of the family’s property, Villa Serbelloni at Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy, and left it to the Rockefeller Foundation in her will.[8]
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References
- ^ No issue.
- ^ a b c "PRINCE OF THURN AND TAXIS IS DEAD; Alexander, Active in Various Commercial Enterprises, Owned Vast Estates MARRIED DETROIT WOMAN He Headed Younger Branch of Family-Former Member of Austrian Privy Council". The New York Times. 12 March 1937. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ The Italian branch was included for the last time in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 85 (1984).
- ^ "Family tree of Alexandre Charles Egon Theobald Lamoral Baptist Maria von THURN UND TAXIS". Geneanet. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ a b Goodyear family Wiki page - see Family tree
- ^ "Alexander Tasso Obituary (2011) - Charleston, SC - Charleston Post & Courier". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Project". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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