Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

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Karl Alexander
Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Thurn and Taxis
FatherKarl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
MotherDuchess Auguste of Württemberg

Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full

Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 13 November 1805 until his death on 15 July 1827. With the death of his father on 13 November 1805, he became nominal Generalpostmeister of the Imperial Reichspost until the resignation of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
.

Early life

Karl Alexander was born as the son of

Perpetual Imperial Diet in Regensburg. Karl Alexander also worked for the Thurn and Taxis postal empire, operating during a decline due to the gradual loss of territory as a result of the Napoleonic Wars
.

Marriage and family

Karl Alexander married

. Karl Alexander and Therese had seven children:

Continuation of the post

Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

After the end of the

Thurn-und-Taxis-Post. It existed first as a feud of some of the Confederation of the Rhine members, such as Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg. Bavaria, however, nationalized the postal system two years later. After the Congress of Vienna, Karl Alexander took over the Hessian and Thuringian postal services, as well as those in the Hanseatic League cities of Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck, and Schaffhausen
. From 1820, the company began to prosper again, so Karl Alexander began to acquire large amounts of land holdings.

Acquisition of new land

According to the Confederation of the Rhine Act, agreed upon between

Imperial Abbey of St. Emmeram and associated territories in Regensburg. Karl Alexander also received as the family head of the House of Thurn and Taxis, Prussian possessions in the Grand Duchy of Poland. In 1822/23, he bought from the Count Kinsky and others the Burg Reichenburg in Liberec Bohemia
.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Karl Alexander, V. Fürst zu Thurn und Taxis". 1770.
  2. ^ "Thurn 5".

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Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 22 February 1770 Died: 15 July 1827
German nobility
Preceded by Prince of Thurn and Taxis
13 November 1805 – 15 July 1827
Succeeded by
Postal offices
Preceded by
Postmaster General of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post

1806 – 15 July 1827
Succeeded by