Castell-Castell Explained

Castell-Castell was a county in the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. It was established as a partition of Castell-Remlingen in 1668, and it was partitioned between itself and Castell in 1709. It annexed the County of Castell in 1772, and was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.^[1] On 7 March 1901 the Castell-Castell branch, along with the one of Castell-Rüdenhausen were raised to the hereditary rank of Prince in primogeniture with the style of Serene Highness by Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.^[2]

Counts of Castell-Castell (1668–1806)

• Wolfgang Theodoric (1668–1709)
• Augustus Francis Frederick (1709–1767) reigned mutually with
• Charles Frederick Gottlieb (Count of Castell-Remlingen) (1709–1717) and
• Wolfgang George II (1709–1736) and
• Christian Frederick Charles (Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1736–1773)
• Albert Frederick Charles (1773–1806) mutually with
• Christian Frederick (later Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen) (1773–1803)

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Castell

• Friedrich Ludwig (1810-1875)
• Carl (1875-1886)
• Friedrich Carl (1886-1901)

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Castell

• Friedrich Carl, Count 1886–1901, 1st Prince 1901-1923 (1864-1923), wed 1895 Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode^[1]
  • Carl, 2nd Prince 1923-1945 (1897-1945), wed Princess Anna-Agnes of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich^[1]
    • Albrecht, 3rd Prince 1945-2016 (1925-2016), m. Marie Luise, princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
      • Ferdinand, 4th Prince 2016–present (born 1965), wed Countess Marie-Gabrielle von Degenfeld-Schonburg
        • Carl, Hereditary Count of Castell-Castell (born 2001)
        • Count Johannes (b.2011)

Notes and References

1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Castell". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 187-190. (German). .
2. http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/castell/castell3.html