Castell-Rüdenhausen

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Castell-Rüdenhausen was a County in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. It was created as a partition of Castell and in 1806, it was mediatised to Bavaria.

On 7 March 1901 both branches of the family were raised to the hereditary rank of Prince in primogeniture with the style of Serene Highness by Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.{{cite web | url=http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/castell/castell4.html | title=Castell 4 }} A morganatic branch of this Princely House is the famous noble Faber-Castell family.

[[Counts of Castell]]-Rüdenhausen (1597 - 1806)

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  • Godfrey (1597 - 1635)
  • George Frederick (1635 - 1653)
  • Philip Godfrey (1653 - 1681)
  • John Frederick (1681 - 1749)
  • Frederick Louis (1749 - 1803)
  • Christian Frederick (previously Count of Castell-Castell) (1803 - 1806)

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen

  • Christian Frederick (1806 - 1850)
  • Wolfgang (1850-1901)

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1901)

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  • Wolfgang, Count 1850–1901, 1st Prince 1901-1913 (1830-1913), m. Princess Emma of Ysenburg and Büdingen
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Casimir, 2nd Prince 1913-1933 (1861-1933), m. Countess Mechtild of Bentinck
  • Rupert, 3rd Prince 1933-1944 (1910-1944)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Siegfried, 4th Prince 1944-2007 (1916-2007), m. Countess Irene of Solms-Laubach
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Johann-Friedrich, 5th Prince 2007-2014 (1948-2014), m. Countess Maria of Schönborn-Wiesentheid
  • Otto, 6th Prince 2014–present (b.1985), m. Sophia Mautner von Markhof
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Lelio Johann-Friedrich Theodor (b. October 13, 2020)https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00742188&tree=LEO

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References

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Category:Counties of the Holy Roman Empire

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