Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino

Alessandro
Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis in 1922
Duke of Castel Duino
Period1923 – 11 March 1937
Predecessornone
SuccessorRaimundo
Born(1881-07-08)8 July 1881
Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died11 March 1937(1937-03-11) (aged 55)
Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy
SpousePrincess Marie of Ligne
Helen Holbrook Walker
IssueRaimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
Prince Ludwig
Princess Margarete
Names
German: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherPrince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
MotherPrincess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino, full German name: Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary 11 March 1937 in Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy) was a member of the Bohemian branch of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis. Alessandro was created Prince della Torre e Tasso and first Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy after relocating to the Kingdom of Italy in 1923.