Lamoral von Taxis

Lamoral von Taxis or Lamoral de Tassis(1557 - 7 July 1624, Brussels was an official in the Spanish Netherlands. He was the son of Leonhard I. von Taxis, general postmaster in Brussels. In 1579 he married Genoveva von Taxis, daughter of the Augsburg postmaster Seraphin II. von Taxis. In 1606 he and his father were appointed imperial officials and on 16 January 1608 Reichsfreiherrs. On 27 July 1615 he became hereditary general postmaster and on 8 June 1624 - a month before his death - an imperial count. He is also known as Lamoral I to distinguish him from his uncle Lamoral Claudius Franz von Thurn und Taxis.