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Thurn und Taxis

County of Thurn and Taxis
Grafschaft Thurn und Taxis
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1608–1806


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Capital Regensburg
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  House raised to Briefadel 1512
 •  Raised to Freiherren 1608
 •  Hereditary Imperial
    Postmasters General
 
1615
 •  Raised to County 1624
 •  Granted princely rank in
    the Spanish Court
 
1681
 •  Raised to Princely county 1695
 •  Mediatised to Bavaria 1806
 •  Postal monopoly
    nationalised
 
1867
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Bavaria
Princely Family of
Thurn and Taxis
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HSH The Prince


HSH The Dowager Princess



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The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (German: das Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis, IPA: [ˈtuːɐ̯n ʊnt ˈtaksɪs]) is a German noble family that was a key player in the postal services in Europe in the 16th century and is well known as owners of breweries and builders of many castles.

The Tasso (from the Italian for "badger") were a Lombard family in the area of Bergamo. The earliest records place them in Almenno in the Val Brembana around c. 1200 before they fled to the more distant village of Cornello to escape feuding between Bergamo's Guelf Colleoni and the Ghibelline Suardi families. Around 1290, after Milan had conquered Bergamo, Omodeo Tasso organized 32 of his relatives into the Company of Couriers (Compagnia dei Corrieri) and linked Milan with Venice and Rome. The recipient of royal and papal patronage, his post riders were so comparatively efficient that they became known as bergamaschi throughout Italy.


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