Franz Josef Freiherr von Gruben (February 13, 1829, Düsseldorf – October 23, 1888, Regensburg) was a 19th-century German Catholic[1] social politician, member of the German Reichstag, poet, lawyer, artist and Head of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis in Regensburg.
He attended the Friedrich-Wilhelm-gymnasium in Cologne until 1847 and studied law and political science in Berlin and Bonn.
Then he worked with the Royal Government in Koblenz until the autumn of 1857, when he left the civil service in 1858 to take a position in the administration of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis.
From 1881 until his death on 23 October 1888 in Regensburg, he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Upper Palatinate, Regensburg, Burglengenfeld, Stadtamhof and the German Centre Party.
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