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Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

1893 - 1971

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Franz Joseph Maximilian Maria Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Franz Josef Maximilian Maria Antonius Ignatius Lamoral Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (21 December 1893, Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria – 13 July 1971, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany) was the ninth Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 22 January 1952 until his death on 13 July 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis has received more than 103,872 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis is the 934th most popular nobleman, the 3,337th most popular biography from Germany and the 198th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis ranks 934 out of 1,415Before him are Odette de Champdivers, Alfonso of Brienne, Mumadona Dias, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Henry III, Duke of Głogów, and Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Prince Dimitri Romanov, Peroz II, Respendial, Nefertiabet, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Louis I, Count of Montpensier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis ranks 145Before him are Heinrich George, Fatima Jinnah, Vicente Huidobro, Freya Stark, Vera Kholodnaya, and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia. After him are Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Bekir Çoban-zade, Huey Long, Vera Brittain, Mykola Khvylovy, and Bugs Moran. Among people deceased in 1971, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis ranks 107Before him are Paul Bader, Péter Szondi, Viliam Široký, Fritz von Opel, Antonio Bacci, and Naoya Shiga. After him are Lester Germer, Gaito Gazdanov, Ignazio Giunti, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Henri Tomasi, and Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis ranks 3,337 out of 7,253Before him are Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), Hans Hofmann (1880), Manfred Weber (1972), and Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568). After him are Johannes Schmidt (1843), Hannes Löhr (1942), Emilie of Saxony (1516), Gunter Demnig (1947), Dragan Holcer (1945), and Ramin Djawadi (1974).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis ranks 198Before him are Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1811), Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803), Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862), George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1573), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), and Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568). After him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758), Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544), Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848), Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619), Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (1691), and Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836).