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    Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino

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    Alessandro
    Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis in 1922
    Duke of Castel Duino
    Period1923 – 11 March 1937
    Predecessornone
    SuccessorRaimundo
    Born(1881-07-08)8 July 1881
    Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
    Died11 March 1937(1937-03-11) (aged 55)
    Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy
    SpousePrincess Marie of Ligne
    Helen Holbrook Walker[1]
    IssueRaimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
    Prince Ludwig
    Princess Margarete
    Names
    German: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria
    HouseThurn and Taxis
    FatherPrince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
    MotherPrincess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

    Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino,[2] full German name: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 11 March 1937 in Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy) was a member of the Bohemian branch of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis.[2] Alessandro was created Prince della Torre e Tasso and first Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy after relocating to the Kingdom of Italy in 1923.[3]

    Family

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    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

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    Alessandro's first marriage was to Princess Marie Susanne Marguerite Louise de Ligne, daughter of Louis, 9th Prince de Ligne and Elisabeth 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 three children together:[citation needed]

    • 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

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    In 1932, in Vrana, Alessandro married American heiress Helena "Ella" Holbrook Walker.[2]

    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]

    Ancestry

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    References

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    1. ^ No issue.
    2. ^ 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.
    3. ^ The Italian branch was included for the last time in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 85 (1984).
    4. ^ "Family tree of Alexandre Charles Egon Theobald Lamoral Baptist Maria von THURN UND TAXIS". Geneanet. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
    5. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1939-06-23). "FANNY GOODYEAR WED TO PRINCE ON JUNE 10; Married to Louis Della Torre e Tasso of Thurn and Taxis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
    6. ^ a b Goodyear family Wiki page - see Family tree
    7. ^ "Alexander Tasso Obituary (2011) - Charleston, SC - Charleston Post & Courier". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
    8. ^ "Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Project". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
    Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
    House of Thurn and Taxis
    Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
    Born: 8 July 1881 Died: 11 March 1937
    Italian nobility
    Preceded by
    New creation
    		 Duke of Castel Duino
    1923 – 11 March 1937     		Succeeded by
    Raimundo
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