Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis

For his nephew, see Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1935).
Prince Max Emanuel
Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis
Born (1902-03-01)1 March 1902
Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died 3 October 1994(1994-10-03) (aged 92)
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Burial Neresheim Abbey
Full name
German: Max Emanuel Maria Siegfried Joseph Antonius Ignatius Lamoral
House Thurn and Taxis
Father Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Mother Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
Religion Roman Catholic

Father Emmeram of Thurn and Taxis OSB, until his profession Prince Max Emanuel Maria Siegfried Joseph Antonius Ignatius Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis[1][2] (German: Pater Emmeram von Thurn und Taxis OSB;[2] 1 March 1902, Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria[1][2] – 3 October 1994, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany[1][2]) was a German Benedictine and member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.

Early life

Max Emanuel was the fourth eldest son of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria. He had six brothers and one sister. Max Emanuel's eldest brother was Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Monastic life

Max Emanuel joined the Order of Saint Benedict in 1923 and became a member of Neresheim Abbey. For his religious name, he chose Emmeram after Saint Emmeram of Regensburg, patron saint of St. Emmeram Castle (previously a monastery), the residence of the princely family.

In 1951, Max Emanuel received the papal concession for the reestablishment of the former monastery Prüfening Abbey.[3] Later in the 1950s, he established the Liturgiewissenschaftliche Institut Regensburg-Prüfening (German: Liturgic Scientific Institute Regensburg-Prüfening).[4] For over 30 years of his life, Max Emanuel resided isolated at the family-owned St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. His desire to revive the monastic life was not fulfilled, however, so he opened Prüfening Abbey as a meeting place and home for the youth and poor. Max Emanuel died in 1994 and was buried at Neresheim Abbey.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 Darryl Lundy (15 Aug 2004). "Max Emanuel Prinz von Thurn und Taxis". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-06-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Paul Theroff. "THURN und TAXIS". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. http://www.pruefeninger-schlossgarten.de/info/geschichtliches
  4. Peter H. Görg (2007). "Gamber, Klaus". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 27. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 489–515. ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2.
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