Fritz von Thurn und Taxis

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Prince Friedrich
Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
Born (1950-06-22) 22 June 1950 (age 73)
Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria
Spouse Beata Béry
Full name
German: Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar
House Thurn and Taxis
Father Prince Johann von Nepomuk of Thurn and Taxis
Mother Princess Maria Julia of Lobkowicz
Religion Roman Catholic

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis[1][2] [full German name: Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn und Taxis][1][2] on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria[1][2]) is an Austrian journalist and a member of the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. He became well known as a longtime sportscaster on the Bayerisches Fernsehen television channel. Since 1993, Thurn und Taxis has been a football commentator on the pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Family

Princely Family of Thurn and Taxis
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HSH The Prince

HSH The Dowager Princess

Extended family

Thurn und Taxis was the third child and second son of Johann von Nepomuk Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Julia, born Lobkowicz.[1][2]

Career

His journalistic career began in 1971 with the Bayerischen Rundfunk. There, Thurn und Taxis worked in both television and in radio programs as a sports reporter and commentator and reported on several Olympic Games, football, skiing, and Ice Hockey World Championships events.

In honor of his years of reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) awarded Thurn und Taxis with an IIHF gold medal. Later, he hosted the sports magazine show Blickpunkt Sport on Bayerischen Rundfunk and moderated the Sportschau on ARD. Beginning in August 1993, Thurn und Taxis began hosting live Fußball-Bundesliga matches on the Munich-based pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Marriage

Styles of
Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
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Reference style His Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Sir

Thurn und Taxis married morganatically to Beata Béry, daughter of Laszlo Béry and his wife Countess Paula Apponyi de Nagy-Appony,[1] on 4 June 1977 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 22 June 1950 – present: His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Fritz von Thurn und Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Prince Hugo Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Countess Almeria of Belcredi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Prince Erich of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Egon, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Countess Theresa of Thurn-Hofer-Valssasina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Johann von Nepomuk of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Rudolf, 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Marie of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Countess Gabriele Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Count Johann Nepomuk of Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Countess Marie Gabriele of Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Countess Emma Emo Capodilista
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Prince Joseph Franz Karl of Lobkowicz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Ferdinand, Prince of Lobkowicz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Princess Maria Sidonia of Lobkowicz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Count Leopold Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Countess Ida Maria Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Countess Franziska Paar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Maria Julia of Lobkowicz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Countess Juliana Batthyány-Strattmann
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Franziska of Montenuovo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (= 20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (= 21)
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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External links

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis
Cadet branch of the House of Tassis
Born: 22 June 1950
German royalty
Preceded by
Prince Albrecht of Thurn and Taxis
 House of Thurn and Taxis line of succession
3rd position		 Succeeded by
Prince Karl Ferdinand of Thurn and Taxis
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