Prince Carlos Tasso of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza

Prince Carlos Tasso of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza (Lamoral Carlos Eduardo Omodeo Augusto Leopoldo Antonio Jose Maria Tasso Saxe-Coburg and Braganza; 16 July 1937, Gmundem, Austria), Baron of Bordogna and Valnigra, is the current head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza , on of the three and the junior branch of the Imperial House of Brazil.

Biography-Early Life

Prince Carlos Tasso was born at the Brazilian embassy in Austria and was registered as a Brazilian citizen.

He is the first son of Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza, the third daughter of Prince Augusto Leopoldo of Brazil to Baron Lamoral Taxis Bordogna Vlanigra. He has two sisters, Alice and Maria Cristina, and a younger brother, Filipe (who served as a lieutenant in the Brazilian navy). By his mother he is great-great-grandson of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. By his father, he is member of the House of Thurn and Taxis, a old noble family, which was responsible for the post office of the Holy Roman Empire, being part of her the poet Torquate Tasso.

Education and Profession

His dedication to the study of Brazilian history began when he was still young. He studied in Austria, Italy and Brazil, at the traditional St. Ignatius College and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Janeiro, both institutions located in the city of Rio Janeiro. He has published several works and to this day conducts historical and economic research on Brazil. Since 1966, he is a member of the Historical and Geographical Institute of Rio Grande Sul (IHGRGS), the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute, the Royal Spanish Academy, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and is also involved with other cultural entities.

Also, he was president of the Italian Rotary international between 1992 and 1993.

He was a coffee grower in the state of Parana, an activity that he does not practice anymore, worked in Frankfurt as director of Henniger International and owns an agricultural company based in the Castle of Villalta, northern Italy, inherited from his paternal ancestors.

Marriage and Issue

On 15 December 1956, he married his first wife, the Brazilian Denise Pais Almeida (1936), with whom he had no children. On 17 January 1969, Carlos Tasso married Walburga of Austria-Tuscany, Princess of Tuscany and Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Archduke George of Austria-Tuscany and Countess Maria Valleria of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, a great-granddaughter of the Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He and his second wife had eight children, who also retain Brazilian nationally.

The couple's children:

-Prince Afonso Carlos (30 January 1970), married to Charlotte Panafieu with issue.

-Princess Theresa Christina (28 March 1971), married to Christian Marie Jose Roger Andre Hunt, with issue.

-Prince Jose Tasso (5 October 1972) single

-Princess Maria Leopoldina ( 28 April 1974), married to Alessandro Pavone, with issue.

-Princess Carolina (17 January 1976), married to Sebastin Delcourt.

-Prince Antinio Tasso (5 July 1979), married to Gabrielle Tardieu, Countess of Maleissye-Melun

-Prince Fernando Carlos (11 October 1980-10 December 1990)

-Princess Maria Aparecida, (12 July 1985), single

Titles, Styles and Honors

16 July 1931-present: His Highness Prince Carlos Tasso of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Baron of Bordogna and Valningra

House: Saxe-Coburg and Braganza

Religion: Roman Catholic

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