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{{Expand German|topic=bio|Maximilian Anton von Thurn und Taxis|date=May 2009}}
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| name         = Maximilian Anton
| full name    = {{langx|de|Maximilian Anton Lamoral}}
| title        = Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
| image        = Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.jpg
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| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Duchess Helene in Bavaria]]|1858}}
| issue        = [[Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis|Louise, Princess of Hohenzollern]]<br>[[Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860–1881)|Elisabeth, Duchess of Braganza]]<br>[[Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]<br>[[Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
| house        = [[House of Thurn and Taxis|Thurn and Taxis]]
| father       = [[Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
| mother       = [[Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1831|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Regensburg]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1867|6|26|1831|9|28|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Regensburg]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]
| burial_place = Gruftkapelle, [[Saint Emmeram's Abbey]], Regensburg
}}
'''''Maximilian Anton Lamoral'', Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Maximilian Anton Lamoral Erbprinz von Thurn und Taxis''; 28 September 1831 &ndash; 26 June 1867) was the [[Thurn und Taxis|Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis]] from birth until his death in 1867.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dallmeier |first1=Martin |title=Das fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis : 300 Jahre Geschichte in Bildern |date=1996 |publisher=Pustet |location=Regensburg |isbn=3791714929}}</ref>
==Early life==
Maximilian was born on 28 September 1831 in [[Regensburg]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] to [[Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]] and [[Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg]].<ref name="Geni">{{cite web |title=Maximilian Anton, Erbprinz von Thurn und Taxis |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Maximilian-Anton-Erbprinz-von-Thurn-und-Taxis/6000000009792449617 |website=Geni|date=28 September 1831 }}</ref>
==Marriage and family==
Maximilian married [[Duchess Helene in Bavaria]], daughter of [[Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria]] and his wife, [[Princess Ludovika of Bavaria]], on 24 August 1858 at [[Possenhofen Castle]].<ref>https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00037357&tree=LEO</ref> Helene was the eldest sister of [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria|Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria]] (later [[List of Austrian consorts|Empress of Austria]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Größing |first1=Sigrid-Maria |title=Zwei Bräute für einen Kaiser Sisi und ihre Schwester Nené |date=1999 |location=Regensburg |isbn=393190461X}}</ref>
Initially, [[Maximilian II of Bavaria|King Maximilian II of Bavaria]] had refused to let Helene, his first cousin, marry a prince that was not of a royal house. However, Helene's brother-in-law, [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria]] intervened and the marriage took place as planned.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Maximilian and Helene had four children:<ref name="Geni"></ref>
* [[Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis]], married [[Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (1 June 1859 – 20 June 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisa von Thurn und Taxis |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Louisa-von-Thurn-und-Taxis/6000000000632022812 |website=Geni|date=June 1859 }}</ref>
* [[Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860–1881)|Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis]], married [[Miguel, Duke of Braganza]] (28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elisabeth Maria Maximiliana von Thurn und Taxis |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Elisabeth-von-Thurn-und-Taxis/6000000008278864653 |website=Geni|date=28 May 1860 }}</ref>
* [[Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]] (24 June 1862 – 2 June 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximilian Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Maximilian-Maria-Prinz-von-Thurn-und-Taxis/6000000009792706540 |website=Geni|date=24 June 1862 }}</ref>
* [[Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]], married [[Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria]] (8 May 1867 – 22 January 1952)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albrecht Maria Fürst von Thurn und Taxis |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Albrecht-Maria-F%C3%BCrst-von-Thurn-und-Taxis/6000000002188412239 |website=Geni|date=8 May 1867 }}</ref>
==Death==
Maximilian died of either [[kidney failure]] or lung paralysis on 26 June 1867 at the age of 35 in [[Regensburg]].<ref>Dallmeier, Schad, S. 115.</ref> He was interred in the burial chapel at [[St. Emmeram's Abbey]]. Due to his early death, his son Maximilian Maria became Hereditary Prince of Thurn and  Taxis and ultimately the princely house's seventh Prince.
[[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] wrote in a personal letter of condolence to Maximilian's father, Maximilian Karl:
"I sympathize with your loss the deep pain and just the same and the whole Taxis family feels and discretion very well what a lot of hopes with the dear passing away of life is extinguished."<ref>Zitat, siehe Dallmeier, Schad, S. 115.</ref>
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis'''
|2= 2. [[Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
|3= 3. [[Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg]]
|4= 4. [[Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
|5= 5. [[Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
|6= 6. Ernst, Baron of Dörnberg
|7= 7. Baroness Wilhelmine Henriette Maximiliane von Glauburg
|8= 8. [[Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
|9= 9. [[Duchess Auguste of Württemberg]]
|10= 10. [[Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg]]
|11= 11. [[Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt]]
|12= 12. Pandolphus Ferdinand, Baron of Dörnberg
|13= 13. Caroline Dorothea von Löwenstein
|14= 14. Friedrich Maximilian, Baron von Glauburg
|15= 15. Wilhelmine Auguste Caroline von Geismar
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