Johannes von Thurn and Taxis

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Johannes von Thurn and Taxis at the side of his wife Gloria (1981)

Johannes Prince von Thurn und Taxis (born June 5, 1926 at Schloss Höfling near Regensburg ; † December 14, 1990 in Munich - Großhadern ) was a German entrepreneur and from 1982 the 11th head of the von Thurn und Taxis family .

The full name was Johannes Baptista de Jesus Maria Louis Miguel Friedrich Bonifazius Lamoral Prince of Thurn and Taxis . As the head of the family he called himself Prince von Thurn und Taxis and was well known from 1982 until his death.

Life

Johannes von Thurn and Taxis was the eldest son of four children of Karl August von Thurn and Taxis (1898–1982) and his wife Maria Anna von Braganza (1899–1971). He grew up on Gut Höfling ( ⊙ ) and attended a public elementary school and a grammar school in Regensburg. Since his father was a staunch opponent of National Socialism , his parents forbade him to join the Hitler Youth . The fact that his father was imprisoned by the Gestapo for several months also had a lasting impact on young Johannes.

His grandfather Albert von Thurn und Taxis died in 1952. In his will he made his grandson Johannes the universal heir of the Thurn und Taxis 'enormous fortune and left only the usufruct to his sons Franz Joseph and Karl August, Johannes' father . In order to be up to his future task, Johannes von Thurn und Taxis did a banking apprenticeship in Nuremberg . Since the early 1960s he worked in the administration and was able to expand the Thurn und Taxis holdings to South America. From 1965 he supported his uncle and, after his death, from 1971 his father in asset management.

Coat of arms of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis

Johannes von Thurn und Taxis was a member of the international jet set and a favorite of the rainbow press, but remained unmarried until 1980. After meeting Gloria Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau , he married her on May 30, 1980 at St. Emmeram Castle in Regensburg. The church wedding on May 31, 1980 in the Basilica of St. Emmeram was headed by the then Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Graber . The marriage had three children:

He died after two heart transplants on December 14, 1990 in the Großhadern Clinic in Munich. He was buried on December 28, 1990 in the crypt chapel of St. Emmeram Castle in Regensburg.

Honors

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maximilian Anton von Thurn and Taxis (1831–1867)
Hereditary Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Albert von Thurn and Taxis (1867–1952)
Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Helene in Bavaria (1834–1890)
Duchess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karl August von Thurn and Taxis (1898–1982)
Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833–1905)
Archduke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870–1955)
Archduchess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927)
princess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johannes von Thurn and Taxis (1926–1990)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Michael of Portugal (1802–1866)
King
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Michael of Braganza (1853–1927)
Duke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Adelheid zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909)
princess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maria Anna of Braganza (1899–1971)
Duchess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1834–1921)
Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maria Theresia zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870–1935)
princess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie von und zu Liechtenstein (1837–1899)
princess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


literature

Web links

Commons : Johannes von Thurn und Taxis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes B. Prince of Thurn and Taxis in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  2. ↑ a b Nekrolog des Spiegel Online
  3. ↑ The name of his person, which is relevant in terms of registration law, was always Prince von Thurn und Taxis , as his wife confirmed in an interview with Rudolf Schöck. See: Rudolf Schöck: Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. A biography . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-1160-0 , p. 10
  4. ↑ Article 109 WRV ( Weimar Constitution of August 11, 1919) stipulates that the public law privileges or disadvantages of birth or status are to be abolished. Denominations of nobility are only [no longer] part of the name and may no longer be awarded. In the case of the descendants of the former Princely House of Thurn and Taxis , all family members have since then carried the family name Prinz or Princess von Thurn und Taxis . The name Fürst von Thurn und Taxis , which goes back to the no longer existing and inheritable primogeniture nobility , using the first-born title "Fürst" as part of the name (only for the heads of the family) is irrelevant under civil status law , but is used in non-official contexts similar to the provisions of the pseudonym as a form of courtesy in Based on the family tradition, it is predominantly used in both literature and society.
  5. ↑ a b c d Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad: The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis . S. 174 .
  6. ↑ Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns: I hate death . In: The time . No. June 24 , 2007 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Ursula Butschal: Pearl diadem of Empress Eugenie. Jewelry and jewels of the Prince of Thurn and Taxis. In: royal-magazin.de. Retrieved September 26, 2009 (wedding picture).
  8. ↑ Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad: The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis . S. 184 .
predecessor Office successor
Karl August Head of Thurn and Taxis from
1982–1990 		Albert
personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Taxis, Johannes von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurn und Taxis, Johannes Baptista de Jesus Maria Louis Miguel Friedrich Bonifazius Lamoral Prince of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, head of the Thurn und Taxis company
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Höfling Castle near Regensburg
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1990
Place of death Großhadern