Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis

Raphael Rainer Karl Maria Joseph Antonius Ignatius Hubertus Lamoral Prince of Thurn and Taxis (30 May 1906 – 8 June 1993) was the sixth son of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria.^{[citation needed]} He was the father of Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis.

Prince Raphael Rainer
Born	(1906-05-30)30 May 1906 Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	8 June 1993(1993-06-08) (aged 87) Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany
Spouse	Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis
Issue	Prince Max Emanuel
Names Raphael Rainer Karl Maria Joseph Antonius Ignatius Hubertus Lamoral
House	Thurn and Taxis
Father	Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Mother	Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria

Early life

Raphael Rainer was born at Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, the sixth son of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria^{[citation needed]} Prince Raphael Rainer had six brothers and a sister. One of his brothers was Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (1902–1994), a member of the Order of Saint Benedict known as Pater Emmeram. Raphael Rainer received a humanistic education by private teachers.

Marriage and issue

On 24 May 1932 at Regensburg, Raphael Rainer married Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis (19 October 1913 Berlin – 16 June 1997 Füssen). Prince Raphael Rainer and his wife Princess Margarete had one child, a son Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis^{[citation needed]}, he was born on 7 September 1935 at Schloss Bullachberg.

Death

He died on 8 June 1993 at age 87 at Schwangau, Germany.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis^[1]^[failed verification]

8. Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis 4. Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis 9. Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg 2. Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis 10. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria 5. Duchess Helene in Bavaria 11. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria 1. Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis 12. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary 6. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria 13. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg 3. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria 14. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 7. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 15. Princess Clémentine of Orléans

References

1. Petropoulos, Jonathan (2006). Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780199796076.

External links

• A photograph of Prince Raphael Rainer
• Marlene Eilers Koenig. "Princess Illa leave fiance at the altar". Royal Musings. from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
• Marlene Eilers Koenig (2008-10-16). "Illa and Phillip". Royal Musings. from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2 November 2010.