Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis
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| Princess Margarete | |||||
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| Princess Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
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| Born | 8 November 1909 Château de Belœil, Belgium | ||||
| Died | 21 September 2006 (aged 96) | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Diana | ||||
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| House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
| Father | Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino | ||||
| Mother | Princess Marie of Ligne | ||||
Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis (German: Margarete Marie Therese Elisabeth Friederike Alexandra Louise von Thurn und Taxis; 8 November 1909 – 21 September 2006) was the only daughter of Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino, making her a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis, and his wife, Princess Marie of Ligne. She married Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma in 1909.
Early life
Princess Margarete was born in Château de Belœil (where are mother resided as the Château was owned by the House of Ligne)[2] to Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino and Princess Marie of Ligne.[3] Her parents divorced in 1919. She was made Princess of Thurn and Taxis in 1923 when her father was granted the title of Prince della Torre e Tasso and Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy when Margarete’s family moved to the Kingdom of Italy.[4]
Princess Margarete was a passionate scholar of natural sciences.[5]
Marriage and issue
Margarete married Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma, son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal on 29 April 1931, the wedding took place in the residence of Cardinal Verdier Archbishop whose residence had been transformed into a Chapel. This took place in Paris.[6] Nearly every great ruiling princely family in Europe was represented at the wedding.[6] Some notable attendants were Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma and his wife, the reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Empress Zita and the Belgian ambassador, Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy.[6] They had one daughter:
- Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma (Paris, 22 May 1932 – 7 May 2020). She married in 1955 Prince Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and then in 1961 she remarried Hans Joachim Oehmichen. She had three children with her second husband.
She and Prince Gaetano both became unhappy in the marriage and started living apart. They obtained an Hungarian divorce in 1940 and a (final) French divorce on 24 January 1950.
Death
Princess Margarete died in 2006 aged 96.
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References
- ^ Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I, page 61.
- ^ "Château De Belœil - official website" (in French).
- ^ Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I , page 62. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
- ^ The Italian branch was included for the last time in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 85 (1984).
- ^ Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana. Società entomologica italiana. p. 111.
- ^ a b c "ROYAL HOUSES JOIN AT PARIS WEDDING; Prince Gaetan of Bourbon and Parma Is Married to Princess Marguerite of Lombard Fame. IN RESIDENCE OF CARDINAL Bridegroom a Brother of ExEmpress Zita and a Descendant of Louis XIV of France". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2024.