Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is one of the richest Journalist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and media study from American University of Paris.
She was the subject of an article from 2009 in Vanity Fair article entitled “Fortune’s Children.” In 2009, she was awarded an honorary title: Dame of the Order of Malta.
Until 1918, the House of Thurn and Taxis held the rank of royalty in the German Empire, where they once owned the continental postal system as an Imperial fief. As they were required to intermarry with other reigning or once-reigning dynasties, Elisabeth’s mother is of similar background. Through her father, she is a descendant of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, John VI of Portugal, Louis Philippe, King of the French and Charles IV of Spain. Through her mother, by birth a member of a mediatised comital dynasty, Elisabeth descends from the houses of the Russian princely families Golitsyn and Meshchersky and the German princes of Reuss. The House of Thurn and Taxis is one of Germany’s wealthiest and most prominent families. From her maternal side, she is a descendant of the House of Schönburg. Her mother is the daughter of the politician and journalist Joachim, Count of Schonburg-Glauchau, as well as the sister of socialite Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau and author Alexander, Count of Schonburg-Glauchau, a grandnephew by marriage of Queen Elizabeth II. Through her maternal grandmother, Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék, she is a descendant of Count István Széchenyi.
