Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell

Luitpold was born on November 14, 1904, in Langenzell, Wiesenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden and was the eldest child and son of Generalmajor Otto Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Castell (1868–1939), aide-de-camp (Flügeladjutant) to the King of Bavaria, and his wife, Serene Highness (Durchlaut) Amélie Caroline Ludwiga Gabriele Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1883–1978).{{CN|date=May 2024}}

Luitpold's engagement to Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark, third child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was announced on August 24, 1936, by special permission of Alexandrine-Louise's uncle Christian X of Denmark.{{Citation| last =Evening Post Staff| title =King Christian's Niece| newspaper =Evening Post| date =September 18, 1936| url =http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19360918.2.167.12&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0Luitpold+Castell--| access-date =2010-08-22| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121002061241/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19360918.2.167.12&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0Luitpold+Castell--| archive-date =October 2, 2012}}{{Citation| last =Time Staff| title =Milestones, Aug. 31, 1936| newspaper =Time| date =August 31, 1936| url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756576,00.html| access-date =2010-08-22| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101121192929/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756576,00.html| archive-date =November 21, 2010}}{{Citation | last = Associated Press | title =Danish Princess Will Marry Count | newspaper = Sarasota Herald | date =August 24, 1936 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JOMcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074,3728187&dq=luitpold+castell-castell&hl=en | access-date =2010-08-22}} Until the announcement, Alexandrine-Louise had been frequently mentioned as a possible queen consort to Edward VIII. The couple met for the first time in Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics. Following their first meeting, Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise spent nearly every day together. Before her departure from Berlin, Luitpold proposed marriage and Alexandrine-Louise accepted. At the time of their engagement announcement, Luitpold was a law student residing in Munich.

Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise were married on January 22, 1937, at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark.{{Citation| last =Time Staff| title =Milestones, Feb. 1, 1937| newspaper =Time| date =February 1, 1937| url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788669,00.html| access-date =2010-08-22| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120125032846/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788669,00.html| archive-date =January 25, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.dk/da/SlotteOgHaver/Slotte/ChristiansborgSlot/Slotskirken/Kongelige%20begivenheder%20i%20Christiansborg%20Slotskirke.aspx |title=Kongelige begivenheder i Christiansborg Slotskirke |access-date=2010-08-22 |publisher=Finansministeriet Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen |author=Finansministeriet Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609124757/http://www.ses.dk/da/SlotteOgHaver/Slotte/ChristiansborgSlot/Slotskirken/Kongelige%20begivenheder%20i%20Christiansborg%20Slotskirke.aspx |archive-date=June 9, 2011 }} Footage of the wedding on nitrate film is preserved by the Danish Film Institute in their bunker archive for nitrate film at Store Dyrehave in Hillerød.{{cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/filmhuset/Filmarkivet/Artikler-og-links/Artikler-om-filmarkiver/Det-nye-nitratarkiv.aspx |title=DET NYE NITRATARKIV |date=June–August 2005 |access-date=2010-08-22 |publisher=Det Danske Filminstitut |author=Karin Bonde Johansen |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311131527/http://www.dfi.dk/filmhuset/Filmarkivet/Artikler-og-links/Artikler-om-filmarkiver/Det-nye-nitratarkiv.aspx |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }}{{Citation|last=Tækker |first=Christina |title=Fy og Bi skal opbevares i koldkrigsbunker |newspaper=COWIfeature |date=November 2006 |url=http://www.cowi.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/cowi/da/menu/09.%20Publikationer/9.%20Cowi%20medier/Andre%20filtyper/COWIfeature%20nr.%2016%202006%20DK.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102757/http://www.cowi.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/cowi/da/menu/09.%20Publikationer/9.%20Cowi%20medier/Andre%20filtyper/COWIfeature%20nr.%2016%202006%20DK.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2010-08-22 |url-status=dead}} According to the film archivist Karin Bonde Johansen regarding the scenes captured by the film, "the atmosphere looks cheerful and wild looking, but unfortunately there is no audio to the footage."

Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise had three children:{{CN|date=May 2024}}

• Countess Amélie Alexandrine Helene Caroline Mathilde Pauline of Castell-Castell (b. Berlin May 25, 1938); m. Hochburg (civil) September 3, 1965 (religious) September 5, 1965, Oscar Ritter von Miller zu Aichholz (b. Vienna July 7, 1934)
• Countess Thyra Antonie Marie-Therese Feodora Agnes of Castell-Castell (b. Berlin September 14, 1939); m. Copenhagen November 3, 1961, Karl Moritz Moes (b. Copenhagen October 17, 1937)
• Count Otto Luitpold Gustav Friedrich Christian Harald Carl Castell-Castell (b. Berlin March 13, 1942 – d. Berlin March 19, 1943)

Luitpold, among other things a Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) and recipient of the Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, was a First Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) in the German Army during World War II.{{Citation| last =The New York Times Staff| title =German Count Dies of Injuries| newspaper =The New York Times| date =November 21, 1941| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/21/archives/german-count-dies-of-injuries.html| access-date =2010-08-22| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121103192932/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B10F73D5E17738DDDA80A94D9415B8188F1D3| archive-date =November 3, 2012}} He was severely wounded as a flight passenger when the Ju 52 (CE + AS; Werknummer: 5382) he was on, during a courier flight from Belgrade to Athens, crashed due to ice on the wings on 28 October 1941. He died on 6 November 1941 in the Kriegslazarett 1/602 in Bankya near Sofia at the age of 36.[https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/61598-ju-52-ce-as/ Ju 52 CE+AS], Forum der Wehrmacht Luitpold was interred at Bankya, and reinterred in the Castell-Castell family plot at the cemetery in Hochburg.{{CN|date=May 2024}}

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|2= 2. Count Otto Friedrich of Castell-Castell

|3= 3. Princess Amélie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

|4= 4. Carl, Count of Castell-Castell

|5= 5. Countess Emma of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

|6= 6. Prince Alfred of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

|7= 7. Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz

|8= 8. Friedrich Ludwig, Count of Castell-Castell

|9= 9. Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

|10= 10. Carl, Count of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

|11= 11. Countess Amalie of Erbach-Schönberg

|12= 12. Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

|13= 13. Countess Olga Clara of Schönburg-Forderglauchau

|14= 14. Count Wilhelm of Reichenbach

|15= 15. Baroness Amalie Göller of Ravensburg

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• {{Cite book|last=Bramsen|first=Bo|year=1992|title=Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt.|trans-title=The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants|edition=2nd|publisher=Forlaget Forum|location=Copenhagen|isbn=87-553-1843-6|language=da}}

• [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19370215.2.143.8.1&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----0Luitpold+Castell-- Wedding photograph of Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell and Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark]

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