Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino explained

Prince Carlo Alessandro
Full Name:Italian: Carlo Alessandro
Reign:17 March 1986 – present
Reign-Type:Period
Succession:Duke of Castel Duino
Predecessor:Raimundo
Successor:Prince Dimitri
Suc-Type:Heir-Apparent
Issue:Prince Dimitri
Prince Maximilian
Princess Constanza
House:Thurn and Taxis
Father:Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
Mother:Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
Birth Date:10 February 1952
Birth Place:Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

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.

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. Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:

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

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Notes and References

  1. Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels volume 85 (1984).
  2. Trivia: when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her début in 2001 at the Bal des débutantes in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.
  3. http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark