Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino

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Prince Carlo Alessandro
Duke of Castel Duino
Period17 March 1986 – present
Predecessor Raimundo
Heir-ApparentPrince 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]

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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 ]

Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at Duino Castle in the Province of Trieste, Italy.

Ancestry

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References

  1. Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
  2. 1 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. 1 2 3 Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 10 February 1952
Italian nobility
Preceded by Duke of Castel Duino
17 March 1986 – present
Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Dimitri