House of Thurn und Taxis
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Princess Christa Prince Friedrich The Duke of Castel Duino
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Carlo Alessandro, Principe 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.^{[citation needed]} He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:^{[citation needed]}

• Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)^[2] m. 2017 Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (*1981)^[3]
  • Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)^[3]
  • Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)^[3]
• 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