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Thurn und Taxis, Alexander Ferdinand von, 1704-1773

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Personal name headingThurn und Taxis, Alexander Ferdinand von, 1704-1773
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Variant(s)Alexander Ferdinand, Prince of Thurn und Taxis, 1704-1773
Alexander Ferdinand, Fürst von Thurn und Taxis, 1704-1773
Birth date17040321
Death date17730317
Found inKaiserlich-Allergnädigstes Commissions-Decret, 1770 prelim. page 3 (Herr Alexander Ferdinand, des Heil. Röm. Reichs Fürst zu Thurn und Taxis ... etc. etc.)
VIAF, accessed July 23, 2018 VIAF ID: 17624535 (Personal) (hdg.: Thurn und Taxis, Alexander Ferdinand von 1704-1773)
Wikipedia, accessed July 23, 2018 "Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis" (Full German name: Alexander Ferdinand Fürst von Thurn und Taxis; born 21 March 1704, Frankfurt am Main, died 17 March 1773, Regensburg) was the third Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 8 November 1739 until his death on 17 March 1773. Alexander Ferdinand served as Principal Commissioner (German: Prinzipalkommissar) at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Frankfurt am Main and Regensburg for Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1 February 1743 to 1745 and again from 1748 until 1773)