Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1960(1960-02-23)
Age	64
Birthplace	Stuttgart
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Biography

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on February 23, 1960 in Stuttgart, Germany. Because the styles of the past aren’t acknowledged, while hereditary titles are only recognized by German law as a part of the surname as per to the Weimar Constitution of 1919, relatives have titles as an element of their name . This is in the form Prinz/essin of Thurn and Taxis.

Gloria along with her hubby were well-known for their extravagant lifestyles that led to them becoming fashion and social celebrities in the 80s. She was an integral part of the European elite and was often referred to on the news in the media as the “punk princess” and “Princess TNT”.

When her husband died in 1990, Gloria was left to settle his debts, which totaled at US$500 million. Her son, Albert, became the 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis at the time of Johannes’ death. She acted as the trustee for Albert, taking over management of the family estate, Saint Emmeram’s Abbey. She went into isolation from society, studying finance, accounting, and estate management. She sold off family property including art, jewelry, castles, cars, and land to preserve the family fortune. During this time she undertook a spiritual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, emerging as a sobered Roman Catholic activist and philanthropist.

In 2001 Gloria was severely criticized for stating on a talk show 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.

Gloria, the Dowager Princess Thurn as well as Taxis (Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta; born the Countess Gloria of Schonburg- Glauchau on 23 February, 1960) is an German socialite businesswoman, philanthropist and businesswoman. Catholic activist and an artist. In her marriage to Johannes, the 11th prince of Thurn and Taxis and Taxis, she was the Prince Consort of Thurn und Taxis.

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Net Worth

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a young girl, Gloria and her family relocated to Africa living with them in Togo and Somalia and where her father was an author and journalist. Even though she was part of the German nobility the family of her parents had very only a small amount of wealth due to the effects due to Communism within Germany as well as Hungary. The ancestral homes of her family, Wechselburg, Glauchau Rochsburg and Penig Castles were taken from the Soviet government of Saxony in 1945. She moved back to Germany with her family in 1970 and was enrolled at the Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium in Meckenheim, later studying at Kloster Wald, a girl’s boarding school in a Benedictine convent. In her teens, she was waitress at the ski resort of St Moritz, Switzerland.

Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau was born on February 23, 1960, in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, West Germany. Her father Joachim the Count of Schönburg-Glauchau was the nominal chief of the Glauchau branch of the German princely Schonburg family, a mediatized family within the earlier Holy Roman Empire. Her mother, the Countess Beatrix Szechenyi de Sarvar-Felsovidek was part of the Hungarian nobility and was a descendant of the Count of Istvan Szechenyi. Her parents divorced in 1986 , and her father got married another time with Ursula Zwicker. Gloria descends from various European royal and noble families including the Chotek, Trubetskoy, von Rechteren-Limpurg- Speckfeld, Kinsky and Golitsyn. Gloria is the fifth of children of her father’s 2 marriages. There are two brothers in her family, Carl Count von Schoenburg-Glauchau, born 2.2.1966 and was the formal head of the family , however, he abdicated his title following his wedding with Juliet Helene Beechhey Fowler, younger brother Alexander Count of Schoenburg-Glauchau who was a writer and actual leader of the Schonburg family. Another of her siblings was socialite the Countess Maya of Schonburg-Glauchau. Gloria was in the infant stage of baptism and was raised to Catholicism. Catholic faith.

In 1979 Gloria met Johannes, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis at a luncheon he was hosting at Nürnberger Bratwurst Glöckl in Munich. She had attended as the guest of his nephew Johannes von Schönborn. A few days later she ran into him at Café Reitschule while on her way to a Supertramp concert with friends. She decided to have dinner with him instead of attending the concert. They began a relationship soon after and she accompanied him on a trip to South America. On 31 May 1980, Gloria and Johannes married in a Catholic ceremony in Regensburg, Bavaria. She wore a Valentino dress and a diamond diadem that had belonged to Marie Antoinette at the wedding. At the time of their marriage Johannes was estimated to be worth between US$2 and US$3 billion. She and her husband are fourth cousins twice removed, both descending from Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Upon their marriage she became the Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis. When her father-in-law, Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, died in 1982 her husband became the 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

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Who is Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gloria, Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

Where does Gloria von Thurn und Taxis live?

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis—or Princess TNT—as Vanity Fair famously dubbed her in 1985 for her explosive personality—has lived about as many lives as there are rooms in her famed schloss, the palace of St. Emmeram in Southern Germany.

Where is Princess Gloria from?

Gloria’s nickname, by the way, is Princess TNT. She was born Countess Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta von Schönburg- Glauchau, in Stuttgart, West Germany , on February 23, 1960.