Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (full German name: Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis; also known in French as Louis Philippe) (2 February 1901, Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria – 22 April 1933, Schloss Niederaichbach, Niederaichbach, Bavaria, Germany) was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Prince of Thurn and Taxis by birth.

He died at the age of 32 in a car accident at Schloss Niederaichbach in 1933.

Family Prince Louis Philippe was the fourth child of Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and his wife, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria.

Marriage and issue Prince Ludwig Philipp with his wife Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg on their wedding day. Ludwig Philipp married Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, the fifth child of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, on 14 November 1922 at Schloss Hohenburg in Bavaria, Germany.

Ludwig Philipp and Elisabeth had two children: Prince Anselm Albert Ludwig Maria Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis (14 April 1924 – 25 February 1944), reported killed in action during the Second World War. Princess Iniga Anna Margarete Wilhelmine Luise of Thurn and Taxis (25 August 1925 – 17 September 2008); she married Prince Eberhard of Urach on 18 May 1948 and had issue, including Prince Inigo of Urach.

Ludwig Philipp studied law at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and was a member of the Catholic student fraternity KDStV Cheruscia Würzburg (Cartellverband).

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