Prince ''Ludwig Philipp'' Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis, full

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name: ''Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis'', also ''Louis Philippe''Dallmeier/Schad: Das fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis. Pustet Regensburg 1996 (2 February 1901,

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– 22 April 1933, Schloss Niederaichbach,

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) was a member of the

House of Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (, ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the mail, postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and ...

and a Prince of Thurn and Taxis by birth. Ludwig was killed in 1933 in a car accident.

Family

Ludwig Philipp was the fourth child and son of

Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Albert Maria Joseph Maximilian Lamoral, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (full German name: ''Albert Maria Joseph Maximilian Lamoral Fürst von Thurn und Taxis''; 8 May 1867 – 22 January 1952) was the eighth Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Head ...

and his wife

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria (in German: ''Margarethe Klementine Maria, Erzherzogin von Österreich''; in Hungarian: ''Habsburg–Toscanai Margit Klementina Mária főhercegnő''; 6 July 1870, Alcsút, Austria-Hungary– ...

Marriage and issue

Ludwig Philipp married

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, fifth child and daughter of

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and his wife

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, on 14 November 1922 in Hohenburg,

. Ludwig Philipp and Elisabeth had two children: *Prince Anselm of Thurn and Taxis (14 April 1924 – 25 February 1944) *Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis (25 August 1925 – 17 September 2008) Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis studied law at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg. He was a member of the catholic fraternity KDStV Cheruscia Würzburg (

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Ancestry

References

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