Maximilian Karl von Thurn and Taxis

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Prince Maximilian Karl
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Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis (born November 3, 1802 in Regensburg ; † November 10, 1871 ibid) was the sixth Prince of Thurn and Taxis from 1827 to 1871 and head of the private Thurn-und-Taxis-Post until 1867 .

Life

He was born as the fourth child of Prince Karl Alexander von Thurn und Taxis and his wife Therese Mathilde, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , sister of Queen Luise of Prussia, on November 3, 1802 in the so-called Inner Palais (today the Princely Castle of St. Emmeram ) born.

At the age of nine he was made a subordinate in the Kgl. bay. fourth Chevaulegers regiment appointed king . After four years of education at the Swiss educational institute Hofwyl , he joined the Bavarian army on August 25, 1822 . After the death of his father in 1827, he asked for his discharge from the army. He then devoted himself to his new role as head of the Thurn and Taxis family, with advice and support from his mother Therese Mathilde.

On August 24, 1828, he married imperial free Wilhelmine von Dörnberg , known as Mimi, which was not befitting. The marriage produced five children. The princess died in the seventh year of marriage at the age of only 32. Maximilian Karl mourned very much and built the neo-Gothic mausoleum for his wife in the residential palace of St. Emmeram . On a bronze box, which contains a bust of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch in addition to her heart urn , there is a verse of the prince: Here my happiness rests, here her heart sleeps, here love laments eternal pain .

On January 24, 1839, he married Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg in the Princely Residence Palace in Oettingen in Bavarian Swabia . They had eleven children, including Paul von Thurn und Taxis , who, because of his friendship with Ludwig II, was director of the Munich Court Theater in 1866.

Coat of arms of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis

His eldest son from his first marriage, Maximilian Anton , Hereditary Prince of Thurn und Taxis, married Duchess Helene in Bavaria, known as Nene, in Possenhofen in 1858, the sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria . Maximilian Karl outlived his son by four years and died on November 10, 1871 in the residential palace of St. Emmeram in Regensburg. He was buried next to Mimi in the mausoleum.

In 1836 Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown .

Role as a postal operator

In 1827 he succeeded his father as head of the private Thurn-und-Taxis-Post , whose headquarters were in Frankfurt am Main . With the annexation of the Free City of Frankfurt by the Prussians in 1866 and the compulsory cession of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post against compensation, the time of the private Thurn-und-Taxis-Post ended. The handover took place on July 1, 1867.

progeny

Maximilian Karl with his second wife with their children (photo collage from 1864).

From his first marriage to Reichsfreiin Wilhelmine von Dörnberg (* March 6, 1803, † May 14, 1835) the following children were born:

  1. Karl Wilhelm (1829–1829)
  2. Theresia Mathildie Amalie Friedrike Eleonore (born August 31, 1830; † September 10, 1883) ⚭ 1852 (divorced 1854) Alfred von Beaufort-Spontin (born June 16, 1816; † July 20, 1888); Second marriage ⚭ 1856 with Wilhelm von Pirch († September 28, 1881)
  3. Maximilian Anton Lamoral (1831–1867) ⚭ Helene in Bavaria (1834–1890)
  4. Egon Maximilian (1832–1892) ⚭ 1871 Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyoryok (* May 11, 1841; † August 17, 1895)
  5. Theodor Georg (1834–1876) ⚭ 1865 Freiin Melanie von Seckendorff (* October 25, 1841; † December 20, 1919)

From his second marriage to Mathilde Sophie zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingern-Spielberg (* February 9, 1816; † January 20, 1886) the following children were born:

  1. Otto (1840–1878) ⚭ 1867 Maria de Fontelive-Vergne (from August 1, 1867 Baroness von Pernstein; * August 11, 1842; † September 6, 1879)
  2. Georg (1841–1874) ⚭ 1870 Anna Frühwirth (* June 18, 1841; † December 24, 1884)
  3. Paul (1843–1879) ⚭ 1868 Elise Kreutzer (1845–1936)
  4. Amalie (1844–1867) ⚭ Otto von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg (1833–1918)
  5. Hugo (1845–1873)
  6. Gustav (1848–1914) ⚭ 1877 Karoline von Thurn und Taxis (born November 3, 1846 - † October 17, 1931)
  7. Adolf (1850–1890) ⚭ 1875 Franziska Grimaud von Orsay (* March 4, 1857 - † October 5, 1919)
  8. Franz (1852–1897) ⚭ 1883 Theresia Grimaud von Orsay (* May 9, 1861; † April 11, 1947)
  9. Nicholas (1853–1874)
  10. Alfred (1856-1886)
  11. Marie Georgine (1857–1909) ⚭ 1889 Wilhelm von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (born November 26, 1835; † July 20, 1906)

literature

Web links

Commons : Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dallmeier, Schad, p. 96.
  2. ↑ Dallmeier, Schad, p. 98.
  3. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1843, p. 29.
predecessor Office successor
Karl Alexander Prince of Thurn and Taxis
1827–1871 		Maximilian Maria
personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Taxis, Maximilian Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis (1827–1871), head of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1871
Place of death regensburg