Princess Maria Theresia Ludowika Klothilde Helene Alexandra of Thurn and Taxis, full German

German language

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 name: Maria Theresia Ludowika Klothilde Helene Alexandra, Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis (born 28 November 1980 in Regensburg

Regensburg

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, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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) is a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis

Thurn und Taxis

The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis is a German 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.- History :...

 and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis. Along with her siblings, Maria Theresia is a forest

Forest

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 and agricultural landowner and manager of one of Europe

Europe

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's largest private estates. Maria Theresia rose to prominence in 2001 when the Neue Post claimed she was to marry the Spanish

Spain

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 crown prince

Crown Prince

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, Felipe, Prince of Asturias

Felipe, Prince of Asturias

Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

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Family

Maria Theresia is the eldest child and daughter of Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Countess Mariae Gloria of Schönburg-Glauchau

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis is a princess, by marriage, of the German Thurn und Taxis House.-Biography:Gloria was born on 23 February 1960, the daughter of Joachim, Count...

. Maria Theresia's family's lands form one of the largest private estates in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. After the death of her father in 1990, Maria Theresia was a joint heir, along with her sister Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is a princess of the German Thurn und Taxis House...

 and Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, to one of the largest privately-owned forests in Europe

Europe

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, consisting of 36,000 hectares. She and her siblings are the largest private landowners in Germany

Germany

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Early life and education

Maria Theresia attended elementary school

Elementary school

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 and secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...

 where she lived with her family at Schloss St. Emmeram

St. Emmeram's Abbey

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. To acquire her qualification for university entrance , Maria Theresia's mother shielded her from the German media by sending her to England

England

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 to complete her secondary education. From 2002, Maria Theresia studied sociology

Sociology

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, psychology

Psychology

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, and communications in Madrid

Madrid

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. Since 2004, she studied communications and media studies

Media studies

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 with a focus on film

Film

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 and directing in London

London

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Adulthood

In 2001, Maria Theresia was granted compensation from the Bauer Media Group  upon her appeal to the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

  due to fabricated photograph

Photograph

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 montage

Montage

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s in their Neue Post magazine

Magazine

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 claiming she was to marry Felipe, Prince of Asturias

Felipe, Prince of Asturias

Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

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Titles and styles

• 28 November 1980 – present: Her Serene Highness Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis

Ancestry