Prince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis (later Nikolaus, Baron of Hochstadt) (German: Nikolaus Prinz von Thurn und Taxis; Nikolaus, Freiherr von Hochstadt)[citation needed] (21 January 1885[citation needed] – 8 June 1919[citation needed]) was a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and a Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

[1] Nikolaus was born in Athens, Kingdom of Greece, the eldest child and son of Prince Franz of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Countess Theresia Grimaud of Orsay.

[citation needed] Through his father, Nikolaus was a grandson of Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his second wife Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg.

[1][2][3][4] His renunciation of his succession rights and title followed his engagement to the Munich actress Carola Reichenberger, the daughter of a foreman of a printing shop.

[1][2][3] Because Reichenberger was "of humbler birth" than Nikolaus, his family objected to the union.