Princess Marie of Hohenlohe married into this family before patronizing Rainer Maria Rilke from Duino Castle. For 10 point each:
[10e] Name this noble family with a multi-word name that operated much of the postal service in German-speaking areas until 1867.
ANSWER: Thurn und Taxis [accept Princely House of Thurn and Taxis; prompt on Tassis or Tasso]
[10h] The Crying of Lot 49 details how the House’s post issued separate stamp designs with circular and rectangular frames to accommodate these two currencies used in the south and the north respectively.
ANSWER: Kreuzer AND Groschen
[10m] This ruler’s wife was legendarily saved from a fire by a poet from the House of Thurn und Taxis during the staging of one of his masques. This ruler’s favorite, the Duke-Count of Olivares, rewarded the Conde by murdering him.
ANSWER: Philip IV of Spain [or Philip the Planet King; accept Philip III of Portugal; accept Felipe in place of “Philip”; prompt on Philip]
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