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Lot Essay
Carl Martin Weishaupt was established as a goldsmith in Hanau in 1801 and from 1837 onwards the firm was registered as C.M.Weishaupt und Söhne.
Maximilian Karl Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (1802-1871) succeeded his father as the sixth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis in 1827 until his death in 1871. In 1828 he married Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg (1804-1835), and after her death he married at Schloss Oettingen in January 1839 Princess Mathilde Sophie zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg. With the help of his brother-in-law, Freiherrn Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg, who acted as Chef der Gesamtverwaltung, he succeeded in increasing profits for the family postal enterprises until it was nationalised in 1866 by Bismarck. The Prussian State paid three million Taler (five million Gulden) in compensation, the head of the family was granted the title of Erbgeneralpostmeister, and the family fortune was further increased with the purchase of large estates in Wurttemberg and Bavaria.
Maximilian Karl Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (1802-1871) succeeded his father as the sixth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis in 1827 until his death in 1871. In 1828 he married Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg (1804-1835), and after her death he married at Schloss Oettingen in January 1839 Princess Mathilde Sophie zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg. With the help of his brother-in-law, Freiherrn Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg, who acted as Chef der Gesamtverwaltung, he succeeded in increasing profits for the family postal enterprises until it was nationalised in 1866 by Bismarck. The Prussian State paid three million Taler (five million Gulden) in compensation, the head of the family was granted the title of Erbgeneralpostmeister, and the family fortune was further increased with the purchase of large estates in Wurttemberg and Bavaria.