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	(1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 72) 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 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.[2] Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:^[citation needed]

• 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)^[citation needed]
• Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989)^[citation needed]

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

1. Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
2. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 325.
3. Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.
4. 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 Taxis Cadet branch of the House of Tassis Born: 10 February 1952
Italian nobility
Preceded by Raimundo	Duke of Castel Duino 17 March 1986 – present	Incumbent Heir: Prince Dimitri