Gloria von Thurn und Taxis

"Princess TNT" redirects here. For another use, see Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis.

Gloria von Thurn und Taxis
Dowager Princess of Thurn and Taxis
BornMariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau
(1960-02-23) 23 February 1960 (age 64)
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
West Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1980; died 1990)​
IssuePrincess Maria Theresia
Princess Elisabeth
Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Names
Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis
HouseSchönburg-Glauchau
FatherJoachim, Count von Schönburg-Glauchau
MotherCountess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
ReligionRoman Catholic[1]
OccupationCatholic activist, artist, socialite, businesswoman
Arms of alliance of Schönburg-Glauchau and Thurn und Taxis families

Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn and Taxis (Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta; born Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau, 23 February 1960) is a German noblewoman, socialite, businesswoman, Catholic activist, and artist. Through her marriage to Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, she acquired the courtesy title Princess Consort of Thurn und Taxis.

Early life and family

Gloria Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau was born on 23 February 1960 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her father, Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, was the nominal head of the Glauchau branch of the German princely House of Schönburg, a mediatised dynasty within the former Holy Roman Empire.[2] Her mother, Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék, was a member of the Széchenyi family and a descendant of Count István Széchenyi. Her parents divorced in 1986 and her father married Ursula Zwicker. Gloria is one of five children from her father's two marriages. She has two brothers, Carl-Alban Count von Schönburg-Glauchau (born 1966), formerly head of the family, who renounced his rights after his marriage to Juliet Helene Beechy-Fowler, daughter of Nicholas Beechy-Fowler and Countess Jutta von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth; and Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, a writer and the nominal head of the Schönburg-Glauchau branch of the family, who is married according to the rules of the house to Princess Irina of Hesse, grandniece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. One of her sisters was the socialite Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau.[3] Gloria was baptized as an infant and raised in the Catholic faith.[4]

Childhood and adolescence

When she was a child, Gloria and her family moved to Africa, living in Togo and Somalia, where her father worked as an author and a journalist.[2] Although they are descendants of German nobility, her family had little wealth as a result of Communism in Germany and Hungary.[5] In 1945 the Soviet government of Saxony seized her family's ancestral homes, castles Wechselburg, Hinterglauchau, Forderglauchau, Rochsburg, Alt-Penig, and Neu-Penig. She moved back to Germany with her family in 1970 and enrolled at the Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium in Meckenheim, later studying at Kloster Wald, a girls' boarding school in a Benedictine convent. As a teenager she worked as a waitress at a ski resort in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Marriage and issue

In 1979, at age 19, Gloria met Johannes, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, age 53, at a luncheon he hosted at Nürnberger Bratwurst Glöckl in Munich. She began a relationship with him soon thereafter and they married on 31 May 1980 in a Catholic ceremony in Regensburg, Bavaria. At the time of their marriage Johannes was estimated to be worth between $2 and $3 billion.[6][3] Gloria and her husband are fourth cousins twice removed, both descendants of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.[7] Upon their marriage Gloria 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.[8][2][9]

The couple had three children:[2]

Later life

Gloria and her husband were known for their lavish lifestyle, becoming social and fashion icons in the 1980s. She became part of the European jet set and was referred to in the media as the "punk princess" and "Princess TNT".[3]

When her husband died in 1990, Gloria was left to settle his debts, which totaled $500 million.[3] Her son, Albert, became the 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis upon Johannes's 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 and selling off family property, including art, jewelry, castles, cars, and land to preserve the family fortune.[12][13] During this time she undertook a spiritual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, emerging as a Roman Catholic activist.[3][4]

After her sister, Maya, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, Gloria accompanied her on pilgrimages to Lourdes and Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain.[14]

Gloria has become a successful artist, focusing mainly on oil paint and pastel portraits. The Hotel Chelsea asked her to do a series of pastels of its most famous denizens—a gallery show that brought her much acclaim as a painter.[15][5][16][17] She has called herself a "dilettante" and cited her art collection as inspiration for her style of portraiture.[18] In 2015 she had a solo show at the National Exemplar Gallery in New York. She also paints freelance.[18]

Princess Gloria with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015.

A devout Catholic, Gloria works closely with conservative Traditionalist Catholic leaders, including Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Monsignor Wilhelm Imkamp, and Steve Bannon.[19] Bannon suggested her palatial home, Schloss Thurn und Taxis, as a potential site for a school to educate and train right-wing Catholics, but no firm plans have been made.[19]

Gloria is a personal friend of Hillary Clinton, and was one of a dozen women to attend her 2016 birthday party.[19]

Controversies

Comments on AIDS and Africa

In 2001, Gloria sparked significant outrage after making offensive remarks on German television. She claimed that AIDS is widespread in Africa because "blacks like to copulate [schnackseln] a lot." These comments met with widespread criticism, and she expressed similar views in 2008, attributing sexual behavior in Africa to the continent's hot climate.[20][21]

Association with right-wing figures

Gloria has established connections with several right-wing and conservative personalities, such as former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Cardinal Raymond Burke, positioning herself with conservative Catholic movements. These political alliances sparked controversy, leading to the cancellation of an exhibition of her work at El Museo del Barrio's 50th anniversary gala in Manhattan in 2019. In 2024, she delivered a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels, where she advocated for traditional Catholic values and criticized the religious stance of Pope Francis.[22][23]

Honours

In accordance with the Weimar Constitution of 1919, German law recognises hereditary titles only as part of surnames. Members of the Thurn and Taxis family include the title as part of their surname in the form Prinz/essin von Thurn und Taxis.[2]

Dynastic

National

Foreign

Ancestry

Notable published works

  • Unsere Umgangsformen. Die Welt der guten Sitten von A-Z - with Princess Alessandra Borghese - (2000).[27] ISBN 9783806875799
  • Gloria: Die Fürstin - Im Gespräch mit Peter Seewald (2005).[28] ISBN 9783453380004
  • Die Fürstin und der Kardinal - with Cardinal Joachim Meisner - (2008).[29] ISBN 9783451298714

References

  1. ^ Colacello, Bob (4 June 2007). "The Conversion of Gloria TNT". Vanity Fair.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Furstliche Hauser Band XIX. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke Verlag. 2011. pp. 365, 367, 369, 382–383, 385–386. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Conversion of Gloria TNT". Vanity Fair. June 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b Magazine, W. "Gloria Takes Manhattan: Gloria von Thurn und Taxis". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b Murphy, Anna (21 September 2014). "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: whatever became of the 'punk princess'?" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. ^ d'Elora, Camille (31 January 1995). "Point de Vue". Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: La Mal Aimée (in French). p. 5.
  7. ^ "Johannes 11.Fürst von Thurn und Taxis". www.genealogics.org.
  8. ^ Willis, Daniel. The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. Clearfield, 2002, Baltimore, US. p. 516. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1.
  9. ^ In 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution. Styles such as majesty and highness were not retained. Archived 24 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Tutzing, Jana Stegemann (14 September 2014). "Hochzeits-Ausflug in die Provinz" – via Sueddeutsche.de.
  11. ^ "Hochzeit im Hause Thurn und Taxis - Maria Theresia heiratet Hugo Wilson". 13 September 2014.
  12. ^ Blasberg, Derek (10 December 2015). "How a Jet-Setting Socialite Saved One of Europe's Most Stunning Castles". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  13. ^ Vogel, Carol (8 November 2005). "$7.4 Million Parts Princess from Her Art". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau Neues Leben, neue Liebe!". Bunte. Hubert Burda Media. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  15. ^ Moehringer, J.R. (18 June 2014). "Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis Would Like to Paint Your Portrait". Vanity Fair.
  16. ^ "Opening of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis's Show - artnet News". 10 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Remember You Well at the Chelsea Hotel: Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis Has an Art Show, Rides a Motorcycle". The New York Observer. 10 June 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Why a Princess-Collector Turned into a Painter".
  19. ^ a b c Horowitz, Jason (7 December 2018). "The 'It' '80s Party Girl Is Now a Defender of the Catholic Faith". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Princess Gloria gave US scandal judge concert tickets as a gift". blue News. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  21. ^ Moynihan, Colin (10 January 2019). "El Museo del Barrio Drops Plan to Honor German Socialite". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  22. ^ "German princess gave Justice Alito $900 in concert tickets – DW – 09/10/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess". The Independent. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Picture of Archduchess Francesca von Habsburg, son Ferdinand Zvonimir, Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, son Albert von Thurn und Taxis at reception after the pontifical requiem". Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  25. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ Order of Malta Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^ "Unsere Umgangsformen - Die Welt der guten Sitten von A-Z de Gloria von/ Borghese, Alessandra Thurn und Taxis: Falken, Niedernhausen, 2000 9783806875799 - medimops". www.iberlibro.com.
  28. ^ "Detalles del libro". www.iberlibro.com.
  29. ^ "Detalles del libro". www.iberlibro.com.

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