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| name        = Prince Carlo Alessandro
| full name   = {{langx|it|Carlo Alessandro}}
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| reign       = 17 March 1986 – present
| reign-type  = Period
| succession  = [[Duke of Castel Duino]]
| predecessor = [[Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino|Raimundo]]
| successor   = Prince Dimitri
| suc-type    = Heir-Apparent
| spouse      = {{marriage|Veronique Lantz|1976}}
| issue       = Prince Dimitri<br>Prince Maximilian<br>Princess Constanza
| house       = [[House of Thurn and Taxis|Thurn and Taxis]]
| father      = [[Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino]]
| mother      = [[Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1952|02|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]], France
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{{Thurn und Taxis}}
'''Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 3rd [[Duke of Castel Duino]]''' (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the [[Duke of Castel Duino|Castel Duino]] branch of the [[Thurn und Taxis|House of Thurn and Taxis]].<ref>Genealogy of della Torre e Tasso in: ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'' volume 85 (1984).</ref>
==Family==
Carlo Alessandro is the only child of [[Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino]] and his wife [[Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark]]. He was born in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]], France.<ref name=Burkes> {{cite book|editor-last= Montgomery-Massingberd|editor-first=Hugh|date=1977|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|publisher=Burke's Peerage|location=London|volume=1|page=325}}</ref>
He is a maternal second cousin of [[Charles III]], King of Great Britain, through their shared great-grandparents, [[King George I of Greece|King George I]] and [[Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga of Greece]], born a Grand Duchess of Russia.
==Marriage and issue==
Carlo Alessandro married Veronique Lantz, daughter of Gérard Lantz and his wife, Monique Rachet, on 10 February 1976 in [[Saint-Tropez]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]], [[France]].<ref name=Burkes /> Carlo Alessandro and Veronique have three children:{{cn|date=August 2020}}
* Prince Dimitri della Torre e Tasso (born 24 November 1977)<ref>''Trivia'': when Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Silvio, made her ''début'' in 2001 at the ''Bal des débutantes'' in Paris, Dimitri was her cavalier.</ref> m. 2017 ''[[Jonkvrouw]]'' Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg (*1981)<ref name=descen/>
** Prince Alexandre della Torre e Tasso (b. 2017)<ref name=descen/>
** Prince Louis della Torre e Tasso (b. 2019)<ref name=descen>[http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark]</ref>
* Prince Maximilian della Torre e Tasso (born 22 May 1979){{cn|date=August 2020}}
* Princess Constanza della Torre e Tasso (born 7 August 1989){{cn|date=August 2020}}
Carlo Alessandro and his family currently reside at [[Duino Castle]] in the [[Province of Trieste]], [[Italy]].
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino'''
|2= 2. [[Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark]]
|4= 4. [[Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino|Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino]]
|5= 5. Princess Marie of Ligne
|6= 6. [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]]
|7= 7. [[Princess Marie Bonaparte]]
|8= 8. Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis
|9= 9. Princess Maria of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
|10= 10. [[:fr:Louis de Ligne|Louis, 9th Prince of Ligne]]
|11= 11. Élisabeth de La Rochefoucauld
|12= 12. [[George I of Greece]]
|13= 13. [[Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia]]
|14= 14. [[Roland Bonaparte|Prince Roland Bonaparte]]
|15= 15. [[Marie-Félix Blanc]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Greek_Royal_Family.htm#16.22a |title=Monarchies of Europe |accessdate=2006-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317162258/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Greek_Royal_Family.htm#16.22a |archivedate=2006-03-17 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214131845/http://www.napoleonseries.org/genealogy/55413.htm Napoleon Series]
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