| Prince Carlo Alessandro | |||||
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| Duke of Castel Duino | |||||
| Period | 17 March 1986 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Raimundo | ||||
| Heir-Apparent | Prince Dimitri | ||||
| Born | (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 72) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France | ||||
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Veronique Lantz (m. 1976) | ||||
| Issue | Prince Dimitri Prince Maximilian Princess Constanza | ||||
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| House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
| Father | Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino | ||||
| Mother | Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark | ||||
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Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the Castel Duino branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis.
Family
Carlo Alessandro is the only child of Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino and his wife Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
He is a maternal second cousin of Charles III, King of Great Britain, through their shared great-grandparents, King George I and Queen Olga of Greece, born a Grand Duchess of Russia.
Marriage and issue
Carlo Alessandro married Veronique Lantz, daughter of Gérard Lantz and his wife, Monique Rachet, on 10 February 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:
- Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977) m. 2017 Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (*1981)
- Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)
- Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)
- Prince Maximilian della Torre e Tasso (born 22 May 1979)
- Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989)
Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at Duino Castle in the Province of Trieste, Italy.
Ancestry
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References
- Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 325.
- Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.
- ^ Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
External links
- "Monarchies of Europe". Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
- Napoleon Series
| Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino House of Thurn and TaxisCadet branch of the House of TassisBorn: 10 February 1952 | ||
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| Preceded byRaimundo | Duke of Castel Duino 17 March 1986 – present |
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