Alexandrine Von Taxis on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Alexandrine von Taxis (1 August 1589 – 26 December 1666), was a German noblewoman who served as Imperial General Postmaster of the ''
Alexandrine von Taxis (1 August 1589 – 26 December 1666), was a German noblewoman who served as Imperial General Postmaster of the ''Kaiserliche Reichspost
''Kaiserliche Reichspost'' (, ''Imperial Mail''), originally named ''Niederländische Postkurs'' (Low Countries' postal route), was the name of the international Mail, postal service of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1490. Often considered th ...
'', the General Post Office of the Holy Roman Empire, as well as the Post Master of the Spanish Netherlands
The Spanish Netherlands (; ; ; ) (historically in Spanish: , the name "Flanders" was used as a '' pars pro toto'') was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. They were a collection of States of t ...
, from 1628 until 1646.
Early life
She was born as the second child and only daughter of Philibert de Rye, Count de Varax (d. 1597) and Claudine de Tournon-Roussillon (d. 1586), daughter of Claudine de la Tour-Turenne.Marriage and issue
She was married to Count Leonhard II von Taxis (1594-1628). When he died, she took over his office until her son Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis was old enough and educated enough to take office. She and her husband were progenitors of the House of Thurn und Taxis.See also
* Gese Wechel, Swedish equivalent * Dorothea Krag, Danish equivalentReferences
* Wolfgang Behringer, ''Thurn und Taxis''. Piper, München/Zürich 1990, . 1589 births 1666 deaths 17th-century German businesspeople 17th-century German businesswomen 17th-century civil servants 17th-century German nobility German postmasters Princesses of Thurn und Taxis Postmasters general of the Holy Roman Empire {{germany-noble-stub