Castell-Rüdenhausen


Castell-Rüdenhausen was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria. It was created in 1597 as a partition of Castell and was ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. 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. A morganatic branch of this princely house is the comital Faber-Castell family.

Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1597)

  • Godfrey
  • George Frederick
  • Philip Godfrey
  • John Frederick
  • Frederick Louis
  • Christian Frederick

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1806)

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1901)

Wolfgang, Count 1850–1901, 1st Prince 1901–1913, m. Princess Emma of Ysenburg and Büdingen