Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino

Prince Carlo Alessandro
Duke of Castel Duino
Period	17 March 1986 – present
Predecessor	Raimundo
Heir-Apparent	Prince Dimitri
Born	10 February 1952; Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spouse	Veronique Lantz; (m. 1976)
Issue	Prince Dimitri; Prince Maximilian; Princess Constanza
	Names; Italian: Carlo Alessandro
House	Thurn and Taxis
Father	Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
Mother	Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

He is a maternal second cousin of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, 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 Monique Rachet, on 10 February 1976 in Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.^[2] They have three children:

Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)^[3] m. 2017 Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (b. 1981)^[4]
- Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)^[4]
- Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)^[4]
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

Ancestors of Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino
8. Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
4. Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
9. Princess Maria of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
2. Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
10. Louis, 9th Prince of Ligne
5. Princess Marie of Ligne
11. Élisabeth de La Rochefoucauld
1. Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino
12. George I of Greece
6. Prince George of Greece and Denmark
13. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
3. Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
14. Prince Roland Bonaparte
7. Princess Marie Bonaparte
15. Marie-Félix Blanc

References

Back to citation Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 325.
Back to citation Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.
Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Back to citation occurrence 4.2 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

Italian nobility
Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino House of Thurn and Taxis Cadet branch of the House of Tassis Born: 10 February 1952
Preceded by Raimundo	Duke of Castel Duino 17 March 1986 – present	Incumbent Heir: Prince Dimitri

[1] Back to citation Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).

[source-Burkes-2-2-2] Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 325.

[3] Back to citation Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.

[source-descen-4-4-4] Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Back to citation occurrence 4.2 Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

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