in the Regensburg hospitals. Later years and death In 1913, prince Albert became the first recipient of the golden . In 1923 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck; the Tyroleans had been keen to distance themselves from "red Vienna" since 1922, and wanted to establish themselves independently under a Catholic monarch. Since Albert was married to a Habsburger, he fitted the bill, an impression reinforced by the award of this doctorate. Albert was an honorary member of the Catholic Studentenverbindung KDStV Vindelicia in Munich, and the KDStV Rupertia in Regensburg, part of the Union of Catholic German Student Fraternities. On the 15th July 1950, Albert and Margarethe von Thurn und Taxis, accompanied by the royalty of Europe and the people of Regensburg, celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. At a celebratory mass for the occasion, their granddaughter Maria Fernanda married prince Franz Josef von Hohenzollern. The city of Regensburg honoured Albert and Margarethe with honorary citizenship of the city. On 22nd January 1952 Albert died, at the age of 84, in the St. Emmeram palace at Regensburg. His wife Margarethe died three years later on the 2nd May 1955. They are buried together in the crypt chapel of palace of St. Emmeram, formerly St. Emmeram's Abbey. Today two streets in Regensburg are named after the couple. Children Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (21 December 1893 – 13 July 1971), married Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza, daughter of Miguel, Duke of Braganza Prince Joseph Albert of Thurn and Taxis (4 November 1895 – 7 December 1895) Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (23 July 1898 – 26 April 1982), married Princess Maria Anna of Braganza, daughter of Miguel, Duke of Braganza Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis (2 February 1901 – 22 April 1933), married Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, daughter of Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (1 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (15 December 1903 – 22 October 1976), married Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis (30 May 1906 – 8 June 1993), married Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis; father of Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis, the former heir presumptive to Thurn and Taxis. Prince Philipp Ernst of Thurn and Taxis (7 May 1908 – 23 July