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Coat of Arms of the Princes of Castell-Rüdenhausen, Rüdenhausen church
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.[1] A morganatic branch of this Princely House is the famous noble Faber-Castell family.
Rüdenhausen Castle
- 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)
- Christian Frederick (1806 - 1850)
- Wolfgang (1850-1901)
- Wolfgang, Count 1850–1901, 1st Prince 1901-1913 (1830-1913), m. Princess Emma of Ysenburg and Büdingen
- Casimir, 2nd Prince 1913-1933 (1861-1933), m. Countess Mechtild of Bentinck
- Rupert, 3rd Prince 1933-1944 (1910-1944)
- Siegfried, 4th Prince 1944-2007 (1916-2007), m. Countess Irene of Solms-Laubach
- 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
- Lelio Johann-Friedrich Theodor (b. October 13, 2020)
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References
49°45′59″N 10°20′22″E / 49.7665°N 10.3395°E / 49.7665; 10.3395
