Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis

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Maximilian Anton
Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Born	(1831-09-28)28 September 1831 Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	26 June 1867(1867-06-26) (aged 35) Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial	Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg
Spouse	Duchess Helene in Bavaria ​ ​ (m. 1858)​
Thurn and Taxis
Father	Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Mother	Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg

Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (German: Maximilian Anton Lamoral Erbprinz von Thurn und Taxis; 28 September 1831 – 26 June 1867) was the Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis from birth until his death in 1867.^[1]

Early life

Maximilian was born on 28 September 1831 in Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg.^[2]

Marriage and family

Maximilian married Duchess Helene in Bavaria, daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, on 24 August 1858 at Possenhofen Castle.^{[citation needed]} Helene was the eldest sister of Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (later Empress of Austria).^[3]

Initially, King Maximilian II of Bavaria had refused to let Helene, his first cousin, marry a prince that was not of a royal house. However, Helene's brother-in-law, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria intervened and the marriage took place as planned.^{[citation needed]}

Maximilian and Helene had four children:^[2]

• Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis, married Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 June 1859 – 20 June 1948)^[4]
• Miguel, Duke of Braganza (28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881)^[5]
• Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (24 June 1862 – 2 June 1885)^[6]
• Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, married Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (8 May 1867 – 22 January 1952)^[7]

Death

Maximilian died of either

. Due to his early death, his son Maximilian Maria became Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis and ultimately the princely house's seventh Prince.

Ludwig II of Bavaria wrote in a personal letter of condolence to Maximilian's father, Maximilian Karl: "I sympathize with your loss the deep pain and just the same and the whole Taxis family feels and discretion very well what a lot of hopes with the dear passing away of life is extinguished."^[9]

Ancestry

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