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Personal data Eugene Alexander "Eugene" Vorst van Thurn en Taxis 


Household of Eugene Alexander "Eugene" Vorst van Thurn en Taxis

(1) He is married to Anna Adelheid Prinses van Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg.

They got married on March 24, 1678 at Wenen, he was 26 years old.


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(2) He is married to Anna Auguste van Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst.

They got married on November 21, 1703, he was 51 years old.


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Notes about Eugene Alexander "Eugene" Vorst van Thurn en Taxis

Op 19-2-1681 werden hun bezittingen in de Spaanse Nederlanden (Kasteelbrakel en Haut-Ittre) verheven tot een Spaans vorstendom Thurn und Taxis. De heerlijkheid Horn werd in 1681 verkocht aan de familie Reichlin von Meldegg.
Eugen Alexander von Thurn und Taxis werd in 1686 door Leopold I in de rijksvorstenstand verheven, een status die op 4 oktober 1695 erfelijk werd. In 1701 werd de familie tijdens de Spaanse Succesieoorlog uit de Nederlanden verdreven en vestigde zich in Frankfurt am Main, waar het Paleis Thurn und Taxis werd gebouwd.

Comte de Thurn et Taxis, de Valsassina, de Marchthal en de Neresheim (13 september 1676 - 21 februari 1714),
Prince de Thurn et Taxis (1ste, 4 oktober 1695 - 21 februari 1714)
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Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1652

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
    • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
    • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
    • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

Day of marriage November 21, 1703

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
    • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
    • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
    • August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
    • December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
    • December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

Day of death January 21, 1714

  • The temperature on January 21, 1714 was about 2.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
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    • August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
    • August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
    • September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
    • September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.


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