Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Johannes

Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Johannes in 1981.

Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
Period| 26 April 1982 – 14 December 1990
Predecessor| Karl August
Successor| Albert II

Born| (1926-06-05)5 June 1926
Schloss Höfling, Regensburg, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Died| 14 December 1990(1990-12-14) (aged 64)
Munich, Germany
Burial|

Gruftkapelle, St. Emmeram's Palace, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Spouse|

Countess Mariae Gloria of Schönburg-Glauchau

(m. 1980)​

Issue| Princess Maria Theresia
Princess Elisabeth
Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
| Names

German: Johannes Baptista de Jesus Maria Louis Miguel Friedrich Bonifazius Lamoral
House| Thurn and Taxis
Father| Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Mother| Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
Religion| Roman Catholic

Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (5 June 1926 - 14 December 1990) was a German businessman and head of the House of Thurn und Taxis from 1982 until his death.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Marriage and family
* 3 Honours
* 3.1 Dynastic honours
* 3.2 National and foreign honours
* 4 Ancestry
* 5 Sources
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life[edit]

Johannes was born at Schloss Höfling in Regensburg, Germany, to Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Infanta Maria Anna de Braganza.[2] He had two older sisters and one younger brother.

## Marriage and family[edit]

In the 1970s Johannes threw avant-garde parties and, because he was bisexual,[4][5] he was often seen in gay discos.[6] Before he was married, his "constant companion" was Princess Henriette von Auersperg, later von Bohlen und Halbach.

On 31 May 1980 he married the much younger Countess Gloria of Schönburg-Glauchau (born 1960). The pair were fourth cousins twice removed, both descended from Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The Schönburg-Glauchaus were a mediatised branch of the Schönburg dynasty of counts, which still possessed large estates in Germany after World War I,[2] but became refugees in Africa under the Nazi regime and fell on hard times. The couple attracted massive media attention into the mid 1980s, with a haut bohème lifestyle locating them among the jet set and the Princess Gloria's over-the-top appearance (characterized by bright hair color and flashy clothes) prompted Vanity Fair to describe her as "Princess TNT, the dynamite socialite", a sobriquet that stayed with her a long time.[7] The couple had three children:[2]

* Maria Theresia Ludowika Klothilde Helene Alexandra (born 28 November 1980 in Regensburg). On 13 September 2014, she married Hugo Wilson, a British artist, in Tutzing, Germany.[8][9] They have two daughters.
* Mafalda Beatrix Maria Wilson (born 21 August 2015).
* Maya Romy Alexandra Wilson (born 22 September 2017).
* Elisabeth Margarethe Maria Anna Beatriz (born 24 March 1982 in Regensburg).
* Albert (II.) Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel (born 24 June 1983 in Regensburg).

Upon the death of his father in 1982, Johannes became the head of the Thurn and Taxis family. He died on 14 December 1990 after two unsuccessful heart transplants within two days, in Munich-Großhadern. With a legacy of U.S. $500 million in debts, his widow was forced to simplify her way of life to master the fiscal responsibilities of probating his estate and securing what remained of her husband's fortune.[7]

## Honours[edit]

### Dynastic honours[edit]

Dynastic orders of non-reigning families:

* House of Thurn und Taxis: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Parfaite Amitié[10][11]
* Saxon Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Rue Crown[10][12][13]
* Portuguese Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa[10][14]
* Russian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus[10][15][16]

### National and foreign honours[edit]

* Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[10][17]
* Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class[10][11][18][19]

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8\. Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis

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| 4\. Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis|

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| 9\. Duchess Helene in Bavaria

| 2\. Karl August, Prince of Thurn and Taxis|

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| 10\. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria

| 5\. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria|

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| 11\. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

| 1\. Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis|
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| 12\. Miguel I of Portugal

| 6\. Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza|

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| 13\. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

| 3\. Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal|

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| 14\. Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

| 7\. Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg|

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| 15\. Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein

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## Sources[edit]

Styles of
Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Reference style| His Serene Highness
Spoken style| Your Serene Highness

* Wolfgang Behringer. Thurn und Taxis: Die Geschichte ihrer Post und ihrer Unternehmen. München/Zürich: 1990. ISBN 3-492-03336-9
* Martin Dallmeier and Martha Schad. Das Fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis, 300 Jahre Geschichte in Bildern. Regensburg: 1996. ISBN 3-7917-1492-9
* Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller. Mann für Mann. page 689

## References[edit]

1. ^ Willis, Daniel. The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. Clearfield, 2002, Baltimore, US. p. 516. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1.
2. ^ a b c d Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Furstliche Hauser Band XIX. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke Verlag. 2011. pp. 365, 367, 369, 382–383, 385–386. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6.
3. ^ In 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution. Styles such as majesty and highness were not retained. Archived 2015-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Gloria in Extremis, Horacio Silva, New York Times Style Magazine, 6 December 2008
5. ^ "The Conversion of Gloria TNT". Vanity Fair. 4 June 2007.
6. ^ Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller. Mann für Mann. page 689
7. ^ a b Colacello, Bob (June 4, 2007). "The Conversion of Gloria TNT". Vanity Fair. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
8. ^ Tutzing, Jana Stegemann (14 September 2014). "Hochzeits-Ausflug in die Provinz" - via Sueddeutsche.de.
9. ^ "Hochzeit im Hause Thurn und Taxis - Maria Theresia heiratet Hugo Wilson". 13 September 2014.
10. ^ a b c d e f Alamy, Orders shown at Johannes funeral
11. ^ a b "Photograph". RoyaltyGuide. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
12. ^ "Photograph". Alamy Stock Photo. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
13. ^ "Photograph". Blogspot. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
14. ^ "Furstin Gloria: Tochter hat sich velobt!". Pinterest (in German). Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
15. ^ "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis organizo la mejor fiesta de los 80's para el cumpleanos de su esposo el Principe Johannes". Pinterest. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015.
16. ^ "Bunte". Blogspot (in German). Retrieved September 24, 2021.
17. ^ "Celebrity Pictures and Stock Photos | ImageCollect". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
18. ^ "Imperiales Perlen Diadem der Franzoischen Kaiserin Eugeine". Royal Magazin (in German). Retrieved September 24, 2021.
19. ^ "Photograph". Alamy Stock Photo. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis at Wikimedia Commons

* Thurn und Taxis family homepage
* Bild:Im Bett mit Gloria

Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

House of Thurn and Taxis

Cadet branch of the House of Tassis

Born: 5 June 1926 Died: 14 December 1990

German nobility
Preceded by

Karl August

|  Prince of Thurn and Taxis
26 April 1982 – 14 December 1990  | Succeeded by

Albert II

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Princes of Thurn and Taxis

The generations are numbered from the elevation of Eugen Alexander Franz to Prince of Thurn and Taxis in 1695.

1st generation|

* Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

2nd generation|

* Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

3rd generation|

* Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

4th generation|

* Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

5th generation|

* Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

6th generation|

* Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Prince Paul
* Prince Gustav (1848–1914)

7th generation|

* Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
* Prince Nikolaus (1885–1919)
* Prince Gustav (1888–1919)

8th generation|

* Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Prince Ludwig Philipp
* Prince Max Emanuel (1902–1994)
* Prince Raphael Rainer
* Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino

9th generation|

* Prince Gabriel
* Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Prince Max Emanuel (b. 1935)
* Prince Friedrich (b. 1950)
* Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino

10th generation|

* Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

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