Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Eugen Alexander von Thurn und Taxis (* baptized January 11, 1652 in Brussels, † February 21, 1714 in Frankfurt am Main ) was the first Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Life

Eugen Alexander was the second son of the Postmaster-General Lamoraal Claudius Franz von Thurn and Taxis and his wife Anna Franziska Countess Eugenia of Horn. After the death of his father, he joined in September 1676 as a successor to Generalerbpostmeister the Imperial Imperial post, and as Postmaster General of the Spanish Netherlands. 1681 appointed him the last Spanish Habsburg - King Charles II to the Spanish princes and evaluated the acquired Lamoraal of Claudius Francis County Braine- le -Château in the Principality under the name Principauté de la Tour et Tassis. On October 4, 1695, he was appointed to the princes of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Leopold I, although Eugen Alexander had no territorial possessions in the HRR.

He increased his property in 1700, yet the rule Impden, the Spanish Netherlands but had to leave after the French occupation in the War of Spanish Succession and was deposed in 1701 by the new Spanish King Philip V, grandson of the French King Louis XIV as Postmaster General of the Netherlands. His possessions in the Spanish Netherlands were subject to the French confiscation. He moved in 1702 to Frankfurt am Main, where under his leadership a new headquarters of the Imperial Imperial post.

On November 26, 1704, he received voice and sitting in the prince Bank of Kurrheinischen circle, although he possessed no territory. In return, he had two mounted men and six other men make and support the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar annually with 39 guilders.

In his 1713 will, he laid down the resulting transformation of the family property in a Fideikommiss and suggested that the Dutch possessions should be sold for the benefit of acquisitions in the Holy Roman Empire.

After his death he was buried in the Romer in Frankfurt, where his magnificent marble epitaph has received.

Eugen Alexander was since March 24, 1678 in his first marriage to Princess Anna Adelheid of Fürstenberg - Heiligenberg († November 13, 1701 ) married his second wife, since 21 November 1703 Anna Augusta Countess of Hohenlohe- Waldenburg - Schillingsfuerst († September 21, 1711 ).

Progeny

  • Anselm Franz ( christened on January 30, 1681, † November 8, 1739 ), successor as Generalerbpostmeister
  • Jacob Lamoraal, 1696 assigned as a canon of Cologne
  • Anna Franziska (baptism on 24 ( 25 ) February 1683; † January 17, 1763 ), ∞ with Franz Ernst Altgraf Salm- Reifferscheidt
  • Eleonora Ferdinanda (baptism on 18 September 1685 † December 22, 1721 ), ∞ with Hugo Philipp Graf von Manderscheid - Kail
  • Inigo Lamoraal Felix Maria Franz ( baptism on September 2, 1686; † August 16, 1717 ), soldier like, in Belgrade
  • Anna Theresa ( Baptism June 18, 1689 ), Nun
  • Maria Isabella Godofreda (baptism on December 1, 1691; † April 22, 1764 ) ∞ with Alexandre Guillaume Cte de Lannoy Baron de Wignacourt
  • Heinrich Franz ( christened on February 26, 1682; † December 4, 1700 ), a canon of Cologne and Augsburg ( illegitimate )

Died in childhood

  • Dorothea (1679-1681)
  • Unnamed son (1680-1680)
  • Lothar Franz (1705-1712)
  • Maximilian Philipp Eleonore (1706-1706)
  • Lamoraal Philipp (1708-1708)
  • Franziska Maria Josepha (1711-1711)
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