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

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Family

Carlo Alessandro is the only child of

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and his wife Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark. He was born in

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, France. He is a maternal second cousin of

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, King of the United Kingdom, 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

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. Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children: * Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)''Trivia'': when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her ''début'' in 2001 at the ''Bal des débutantes'' in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier. m. 2017 '' Jonkvrouw'' Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (b. 1981) ** Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017) ** Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
/ref> * Prince Maximilian della Torre e Tasso (born 22 May 1979) * Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989) Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at Duino Castle in the

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Ancestry

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlo Alessandro Of Castel Duino, Duke 1952 births Living people People from Neuilly-sur-Seine Dukes of Castel Duino Princes of Thurn und Taxis Italian Roman Catholics