Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (2 June 1733 – 13 November 1805) was the fourth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 17 March 1773 until his death in November 1805. Karl Anselm served as Prinzipalkommissar at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Regensburg for Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1773 to 1797.

Marriage
On 3 September 1753, Karl Anselm married Duchess Auguste of Württemberg in Stuttgart.

Issue

 * 1) Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (10 July 1757 - 9 March 1776) married Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
 * 2) Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis (20 July 1758 - 31 May 1800) married (1) Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł married (2) to a Count Ostrorog
 * 3) Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (2 October 1759; † 22 January 1760)
 * 4) Princess Henrica Karoline of Thurn and Taxis (25 April 1762 - 25 April 1784) married Johannes Aloysius II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
 * 5) Prince Alexander Karl of Thurn and Taxis (19 April 1763; † 21 April 1763)
 * 6) Princess Friederike Dorothea of Thurn and Taxis (11 September 1764 - 10 November 1764)
 * 7) Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (22 February 1770 - 15 July 1827) married Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
 * 8) Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (11 April 1772 - 7 December 1805) unmarried.

Titles and styles

 * 2 June 1733 - 17 March 1773 His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
 * 17 March 1773 – 13 November 1805 His Serene Highness The Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

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