Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra is the name of the descendants of Elisabeth von Taxis and her husband Bonus von Bordogna. Elisabeth Taxis was a sister of the BrusselsPostmaster General Johann Baptista of Taxis, the ancestor of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.
Family
The House of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra was first mentioned in documents in 1148 with Angelbertus de Fondra, and goes back to Bonazolus Fondra de Bordogna. Bonus von Bordogna worked with his in-laws in the Taxis family's postal system and took over the post office in Trento from his brother-in-law David von Taxis. The next iteration of the family's surname was Bordogna von Taxis. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor elevated the Bordogna von Taxis family to the rank of barons and then later to counts under the surname Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra. The baronial branch held the Lieutenant Postmaster General position in Trento and the Adige and the counts held the Lieutenant Postmaster General position in Bolzano. The descendants of Lamoral, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra from his marriage to Princess Theresia Christiane of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, are known by the family nameTasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança.
Postmasters and Hereditary Postmaster Colonel
Bonus de Bordogna, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Lorenz I Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Johann Baptista Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Lorenz II Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Lorenz III Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Trento line
Peter Paul Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Trento
Lorenz Anton, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Trento
Johann Franz, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Trento
Alois Lorenz, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Trento
Peter Vigilius, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Trento
Josef Emmanuel, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Trento
Bolzano line
Lorenz IV Bordogna of Taxis, Imperial Postmaster of Bolzano
Ferdinand Philipp, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Bolzano
Franz Josef, Baron of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Bolzano
Ägid Josef, Count of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Bolzano, Imperial Chamberlain and Major General
Johann Nepomuk, Count of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Bolzano
Johann Ägid, Count of Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra, Hereditary Postmaster Colonel of Bolzano
Literature
Lamoral Freiherr von Taxis-Bordogna, Erhard Riedel: Zur Geschichte der Freiherrn und Grafen Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra und ihrer Obrist-Erbpostämter zu Bozen, Trient und an der Etsch, Innsbruck 1955
