Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
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Maximilian Anton | |||||
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Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis | |||||
Born | Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria | 28 September 1831||||
Died | 26 June 1867 Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria | (aged 35)||||
Burial | Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Princess Louise of Hohenzollern Princess Elisabeth of Braganza Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
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House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Father | Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Mother | Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis,[citation needed] full German name: Maximilian Anton Lamoral Erbprinz von Thurn und Taxis[citation needed] (28 September 1831 – 26 June 1867)[citation needed] was the Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis from birth until his death in 1867.[citation needed]
Marriage and family[]
Maximilian was the son of Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg. He 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 Elisabeth of Bavaria (later Empress of Austria). Maximilian and Helene had four children:[citation needed]
- Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis, married Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 June 1859 – 20 June 1948)[citation needed]
- Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, married Miguel, Duke of Braganza (28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881)[citation needed]
- Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (24 June 1862 – 2 June 1885)[citation needed]
- Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, married Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (8 May 1867 – 22 January 1952)[citation needed]
The marriage of Maximilian and Helene did not take place without difficulty as Maximilian II of Bavaria initially refused to let his first cousin marry a prince that was not of a royal house. Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria intervened and the marriage took place as planned. Franz Joseph was originally intended to marry Helene, but fell in love with and married her sister Elisabeth instead.
Death[]
Maximilian died of either kidney failure or lung paralysis on 26 June 1867 at the age of 35 in Regensburg.[1] He was interred in the burial chapel at St. Emmeram's Abbey. 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."[2]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- 1831 births
- 1867 deaths
- People from Regensburg
- German Roman Catholics
- Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Hereditary Princes of Thurn and Taxis
- Burials at the Gruftkapelle, St. Emmeram's Abbey