Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis

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Prince Gabriel
Born (1922-10-16)16 October 1922
Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Stalingrad, Soviet Union
Burial Rossoschka Cemetery, Rossoschka, Russia
Full name
German: Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral
House Thurn and Taxis
Father Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Mother Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza
Religion Roman Catholic

Prince Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (German: Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral Prinz von Thurn und Taxis)[1][2][3] (16 October 1922[1][2][3] – 17 December 1942[1][2][3][4]) was a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and a Prince of Thurn and Taxis.[1][2] Gabriel was second in the line of succession to the Headship of the House of Thurn and Taxis after his father Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis until his death in the Battle of Stalingrad, at which point he was replaced by his uncle Prince Karl August of Thurn and Taxis.[5][6][7]

Family

Styles of
Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis
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Reference style His Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Sir

Gabriel was born at Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, the eldest child and son of Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn and Taxis (later 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) and his wife Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza.[1][2] His twin sister, Princess Michaela of Thurn and Taxis, died at birth.[4][8] Gabriel was a paternal grandson of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria and a maternal grandson of Miguel, Duke of Braganza and his wife Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.[1][2]

World War II

During World War II, Gabriel was conscripted for military service before completing high school.[4] He served first as a Gefreiter (Private First Class) and then as an officer in the Wehrmacht.[9] Gabriel was serving in a Reiter-Regiment (Cavalry Regiment) in the Wehrmacht when he was killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad on 17 December 1942.[1][2][4][6][9][10][11] He was interred among the unknown dead at the war cemetery at Rossoschka.[11][12]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 16 October 1922 – 17 December 1942: His Serene Highness Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis

Ancestry

Family of Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Duchess Helene in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Clémentine of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. John VI of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Carlota of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Miguel, Duke of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (= 26)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (= 27)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 

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External links

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