Background
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.
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.
Maximilian died of either kidney failure or lung paralysis on 26 June 1867 at the age of 35 in Regensburg. He was interred in the burial chapel at Saint Emmeram"s Abbey. 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." Titles and styles 28 September 1831 – 26 June 1867: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis Honours.