Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Gloria
Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Gloria and her late husband, Prince Johannes.
Born (1960-02-23) 23 February 1960
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Spouse Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Issue Princess Maria Theresia
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Albert
Full name
Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis
House Schönburg-Glauchau
Father Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau
Mother Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
Religion Roman Catholic[1]

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis (Mariae Gloria Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis, born Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau,[2][3][4] 23 February 1960) is a German businesswoman, manager, artist[5] and member, by marriage, of the former German princely House of Thurn and Taxis.

Biography

Gloria is the daughter of Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau and of Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék.[3] Her brother, Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, is a best selling writer and journalist.

Much of her youth was spent in Togo and Somalia in Africa, where her father was an author and journalist.[3] Although a countess by birth, her family had little money, and she had worked as a waitress in the Swiss ski resort, St Moritz, before marrying Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, who was born in 1926 and possessed a fortune estimated at between US$2 and US$3 billion.[6][7]

Gloria's frank exuberance, lavish spending, edgy attire and a whirlwind, international social life with her husband made her a social icon in the 80s, garnering her such sobriquets in media as the "punk princess" and "Princess TNT", [7] On Johannes's death, however, the spending came to a halt as US$500 million was owed on the estate he left behind.[7] Acting as trustee for her son, Gloria went into isolation to study finance, accounting and estate management, sold off jewelry, castles, cars, and land to preserve the family fortune, and undertook a spiritual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France from which she emerged a sobered Roman Catholic activist and philanthropist.[7][8]

The couple had three children:[3]

In 2001, she was severely criticized for stating in a talkshow that the high rate of AIDS in African countries was due not to a lack of safe sex practices but to the fact that "the blacks like to copulate ('schnackseln') a lot". In 2008, she said in an interview that Africans have a lot of sex because of Africa's higher temperatures.[11]

Gloria has become a successful artist, focusing mainly on portraits done with oil paint and pastel. The Hotel Chelsea asked her to do a series of pastels of its most famous denizens— a gallery show which brought her much acclaim as a painter.[12][13][14]

Titles, styles and honours

Titles[3]

Since former hereditary titles are only recognised in German law as part of the surname in accordance with the Weimar Constitution of 1919, family members include the title as an integral part of their name in the form, Prinz/essin von Thurn und Taxis.

Honours

Dynastic honour

National honours

Foreign honours

Ancestry[3]

Notable published works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/06/princesstnt200606
  2. ↑ Willis, Daniel. The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. Clearfield, 2002, Baltimore, US. p. 516. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Furstliche Hauser Band XIX. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke Verlag. 2011. pp. 365, 367, 369, 382–383, 385–386. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6.
  4. ↑ In 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution. Styles such as majesty and highness were not retained.
  5. ↑ http://observer.com/2014/06/remember-you-well-at-the-chelsea-hotel-princess-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-has-an-art-show-rides-a-motorcycle/
  6. ↑ d'Elora, Camille (31 January 1995). "Point de Vue". Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: La Mal Aimée (in French). p. 5.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "The Conversation of Gloria TNT". Vanity Fair. June 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.wmagazine.com/people/2010/07/princess_gloria_tnt/
  9. ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/maria-theresia-von-thurn-und-taxis-und-hugo-wilson-hochzeits-ausflug-in-die-provinz-1.2128350
  10. ↑ http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/royals/royals/maria-theresia-von-thurn-und-taxis-verheiratet-37654402.bild.html
  11. ↑ Bild:Im Bett mit Gloria
  12. ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/06/princess-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-portraits
  13. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/11098958/Gloria-von-Thurn-und-Taxis-whatever-became-of-the-punk-princess.html
  14. ↑ https://news.artnet.com/people/jeff-koons-attends-the-opening-of-princess-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxiss-art-show-37498
  15. ↑ http://40.media.tumblr.com/1ae9c624a8e201d578d86dab14a7fae4/tumblr_myb7chAe8y1t3ijnxo1_500.jpg
  16. ↑ http://www.altrofoto.de/index.php/Taxis+Portrait+Portr%E4t+F%FCrstin+Gloria+von+Thurn+und+Taxis+Agnes/layout-144508.html
  17. ↑ http://www.altrofoto.de/index.php/Taxis+Portrait+Portr%E4t+Dr.+h.c.+Georg+Ratzinger+Domkapellmeister+a.D.+Regensburger/layout-144908.html
  18. 1 2 Images, Gloria wearing the two mini now formed orders
  19. ↑ http://www.allstarpl.com/shopping/preview_template.cfm?filepath=/webimages/entertainment/previews/dis/dis75955.jpg&negno=dis75955&category=ENTTAIN&orient=V&purchase=yes&p_id=884063cbdba359b066d7d-A69B7160-F05D-E19B-D2839156A3D56928_145801824
  20. ↑ http://www.allstarpl.com/shopping/preview_template.cfm?filepath=/webimages/entertainment/previews/dis/dis75954.jpg&negno=dis75954&category=ENTTAIN&orient=V&purchase=yes&p_id=884063cbdba359b066d7d-A69B7160-F05D-E19B-D2839156A3D56928_145801824
  21. ↑ http://bunte.bvdw.irquest.com/sites/default/files/styles/6x5_mobile_full/public/images/2011/07/HBscTU4R.jpg?itok=CTpccQcE
  22. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis
  23. ↑ http://www.altrofoto.de/index.php/Taxis+Portrait+Portr%E4t+F%FCrstin+Gloria+von+Thurn+und+Taxis+Festakt/layout-146408.html
  24. ↑ http://www.altrofoto.de/index.php/Taxis+%28von+links%29+Portrait+Portr%E4t+F%FCrst+Albert+von+Thurn+und/layout-146608.html
  25. ↑ http://clemensmayer-foto.de/fileadmin/user_images/work/reportage/021_thurnundtaxis.jpg
  26. ↑ Order of Malta
  27. ↑ http://www.tonyassante.com/lourdes/2005/borghese/1.jpg
  28. ↑ Online Gotha der Familie Széchényi
  29. ↑ Iberlibro
  30. ↑ Iberlibro
  31. ↑ Iberlibro

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Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
House of Schönburg-Glauchau
Cadet branch of the House of Schönburg
Born: 23 February 1960
German nobility
Preceded by
Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza		 Princess of Thurn and Taxis
26 April 1982 – 14 December 1990 		Succeeded by
Vacant
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