Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Prince Gabriel

| full name = {{langx|de|Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral}}

| house = Thurn and Taxis

| father =Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

| mother =Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1922|10|16|df=y}}

| birth_place =Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|12|17|1922|10|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Stalingrad, Soviet Union

| burial_place = Rossoschka Cemetery, Rossoschka, Russia

}}

Prince Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis ({{langx|de|Gabriel Albert Maria Michael Franz Joseph Gallus Lamoral Prinz von Thurn und Taxis}}){{citation| last =Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst| first =Franz Josef| title =Monarchen, Edelleute, Bürger: die Nachkommen des Fürsten Carl Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1762-1825| publisher =Degener| year =1963| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=J4bRAAAAMAAJ| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170305090636/https://books.google.com/books?id=J4bRAAAAMAAJ| archive-date =5 March 2017}} (16 October 1922 – 17 December 1942{{citation| last =Piendl| first =Max| title =Das Fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis: zur Geschichte des Hauses und der Thurn und Taxis-Post| publisher =F. Pustet| year =1980| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=I4YfAAAAMAAJ| isbn =3-7917-0678-0| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170305090528/https://books.google.com/books?id=I4YfAAAAMAAJ| archive-date =5 March 2017}}) was a Prince of Thurn and Taxis.{{cite book | last=de Araújo Affonso | first=Domingos | title=Le sang de Louis XIV | publisher=Livraria Cruz | volume=2 | year=1961 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xS-Tt7DmkC0C | language=french| page=559}} Gabriel was second in the line of succession to the Headship of the House of Thurn and Taxis after his father Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis until his death in the Battle of Stalingrad, at which point he was replaced by his uncle Prince Karl August of Thurn and Taxis.{{citation| last =Schröck| first =Rudolf| title =Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: eine Biografie| publisher =Droste| year =2004| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=tF9mAAAAMAAJ| isbn =3-7700-1160-0| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170305090613/https://books.google.com/books?id=tF9mAAAAMAAJ| archive-date =5 March 2017}}{{citation| last =Reinhardt| first =Volker| author2 =Thomas Lau| title =Deutsche Familien: historische Portraits von Bismarck bis Weizsäcker| publisher =C.H. Beck| year =2005| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=beWPO7gtXy0C| isbn =3-406-52905-4| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170305090212/https://books.google.com/books?id=beWPO7gtXy0C| archive-date =5 March 2017}}{{citation| last =Engelmann| first =Bernt| title =Die Macht am Rhein: meine Freunde, die Geldgiganten, Volume 1| publisher =Schneekluth| year =1968| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=NHMOAQAAIAAJ| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170305090415/https://books.google.com/books?id=NHMOAQAAIAAJ| archive-date =5 March 2017}}

Family

Gabriel was born at Schloss Haus near Regensburg, Bavaria, the eldest child and son of Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn and Taxis (later 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) and his wife Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza.{{cn|date=August 2020}} His twin sister, Princess Michaela of Thurn and Taxis, died at birth.{{cite web | url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm | title=Mecklenburg-Strelitz Royal Family | year=1996 | access-date=9 August 2010 | publisher=Allan Raymond | author=Allan Raymond|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061204125620/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm|archive-date=4 December 2006}} Gabriel was a paternal grandson of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria and a maternal grandson of Miguel, Duke of Braganza and his wife Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

World War II

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During World War II, Gabriel was conscripted for military service before completing high school. He served first as a Gefreiter (Private First Class) and then as an officer in the Wehrmacht.{{citation| last =Zorn| first =Wolfgang| title =Bayerns Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert: von der Monarchie zum Bundesland| publisher =C.H. Beck| year =1986| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=2zQFAQAAIAAJ| isbn =3-406-31098-2| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170417080024/https://books.google.com/books?id=2zQFAQAAIAAJ| archive-date =17 April 2017}} Gabriel was serving in a Reiter-Regiment (Cavalry Regiment) in the Wehrmacht when he was killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad on 17 December 1942.{{Citation | last = The New York Times Staff | title =Prince Franz Josef. 77, Of the House of Thurn and Taxis | newspaper =The New York Times | date = 15 July 1971 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.kriegstote.org/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/Kriegsopfer/details_kriegstote_aktuell&Id=9739 | title=Kriegstote aus den Jahren 1805 - 1815 / 1866 / 1870/71 und den Weltkriegen 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 | date=25 February 2010 | access-date=9 August 2010 | publisher=www.kriegstote.org | author=www.kriegstote.org | url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727000601/http://www.kriegstote.org/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=%2FKriegsopfer%2Fdetails_kriegstote_aktuell&Id=9739 | archive-date=27 July 2011 }} He was interred among the unknown dead at the war cemetery at Rossoschka.