Records indicate that beginning in the year 1590, Carlo or Carlin (as he was called in the Deizisau records) was Postmaster of Deizisau, Württemberg. During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Carlin faired poorly financially. Many of his horses got sick and died; and Carlin was forced to sell many of the properties that the Post Office owned around Deizisau. Carlin turned to the local government in Esslingen, but no records have been found showing whether or not he ever received any aid from Esslingen. According to the "Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia", the city of Augsburg, Carlo's possible place of birth, was "badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War, "so Carlo was most likely unable to received any financial aid from his relatives in Augsburg.
Carlin died on 23 March 1628, in Deizisau. At the time of his death, he was a poor man. Carlin's age at death is shown in the parish records as 63 years. However, since Carlin was not born or baptized in Deizisau, the parish minister would have no written record of Carlin's birth; and his age at death may not be accurate.
Since Carlo's ancestors were originally from Italy, one would assume that Carlo would be a Roman Catholic. However, he attended the Evangelische Kirche in Deizisau. Of course, it appears that the Evangelische Kirche was the only church in Deizisau at that time. However, according to Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, "During the Protestant Reformation, the Augsburg Confession, a basic statement of faith of the Lutheran Church, was drawn here (Augsburg) in 1530, and the Treaty of Passau, securing religious liberty for Germany, was signed at Augsburg in 1552." Taking this into account, Carlo may have actually been raised in the Evangelische faith.
- Johann Christoph TAXIS or von TAXIS - born Abt. 1592 (see page 2)
- Johann von TAXIS married Barbara FRIZ or FRITZ, on 08 February 1629, in the Evangelische Kirche in Deizisau. Barbara was born in October 1603, in Deizisau, and was baptized on 14 October 1603, in the town's Evangelische Kirche.
- Hans Wilhelm von TAXIS was born about 1601, and died on 03 August 1661, in Deizisau, at the age of 60 years. Hans Wilhelm was married twice. He married Waldpurga on 26 August 1627, in the Evangelische Kirche in Deizisau. Waldpurga was born between 1593-1594, and died on 20 May 1634, in Deizisau. Hans Wilhelm then married Margarethe.
- Margarethe von TAXIS was born 1600-1601, and died on 24 April 1635, in Deizisau, at the age of 34 years. Margarethe gave birth to an illegitimate son, whom she named Johann / Johannes in January 1629. The father of the child is listed in parish records as Hans MÜLLER. The baby died on 10 February 1629, in Deizisau.
- Apollonia von TAXIS married Hans ZWEIGLIN, on 26 January 1634, in the Evangelische Kirche, in Deizisau.
- Anthonius von TAXIS was born about 1609; and died on 11 January 1627, in Deizisau, at the age of 17 years.
- Johann Baptista von TAXIS - Although I have found no record showing him as a son of Carlin von TAXIS, other reseachers list him as such.
Christoph was the Österreichischer Hofpostmeister in Augsburg (Court Postmaster in Augsburg). Below is a translation of a document entitled, "Das Reichspostami In Augsburg, (Kupferstich von 1616)":
"The Post Office Augsburg was an important and profitable Post Office because it was under the brothers and cousins Taxis who strove to administer it. After Seraphin I in the year 1556 died, his nephew Seraphin II, the younger son of Bartholomäus, inherited the post office.
Seraphin II was under age, so his mother rented the Augsburg post office to his cousin, the Austrian Court Postmaster, Christoph de Taxis. At the end of the lease in the year 1563, there was a six-years' long rights quarrel. Christoph will the post again divide.
At the end of the quarrel, Emperor Maximilian II decided to give up the (Austrian) post office, and let the business in Augsburg through the Spanish king pay. Much to the disappointment of the Emperor, the Augsburger post office was entrusted to Seraphin II von Taxis, a "Dutch person completely unknown to him."
Christoph's son Carlo then became Postmaster of Deizisau."
Please contact me if you wish the original German wording of the above document.
- Carlo von TAXIS (see top of page)
