Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Gabriel
Born(1922-10-16)16 October 1922
Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Died17 December 1942(1942-12-17) (aged 20)
Stalingrad, Soviet Union
Burial
Rossoschka Cemetery, Rossoschka, Russia
Names
German: Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral
HouseThurn and Taxis
FatherFranz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
MotherPrincess Isabel Maria of Braganza

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] (16 October 1922[1] – 17 December 1942[1][2]) was a Prince of Thurn and Taxis.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

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  3. ^ de Araújo Affonso, Domingos (1961). Le sang de Louis XIV (in French). Vol. 2. Livraria Cruz. p. 559.
  4. ^ Schröck, Rudolf (2004), Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: eine Biografie, Droste, ISBN 3-7700-1160-0, archived from the original on 5 March 2017
  5. ^ Reinhardt, Volker; Thomas Lau (2005), Deutsche Familien: historische Portraits von Bismarck bis Weizsäcker, C.H. Beck, ISBN 3-406-52905-4, archived from the original on 5 March 2017
  6. ^ Engelmann, Bernt (1968), Die Macht am Rhein: meine Freunde, die Geldgiganten, Volume 1, Schneekluth, archived from the original on 5 March 2017