Roland Faber-Castell

Roland Graf von Faber-Castell was a German nobleman and businessman who was the last sole proprietor of Faber-Castell. He was a scion of the Faber-Castell family.

Early life and education

Faber-Castell was born 21 April 1905 in Schwarzenbruck in Bavaria, the fifth and youngest child, to Alexander Friedrich Lothar Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Freiin Ottilie von Faber. He had four siblings; Elisabeth von Bismarck, Maria zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Wolfgang-Lothar von Faber-Castell and Irmengard von Faber-Castell.

Personal life

On 23 January 1928, Faber-Castell married firstly to Alix-May von Frankenberg und Ludwigsburg, a maternal heiress to Sal. Oppenheim, who he divorced in 1938 in London, England. They had four children;

Felicitas Ottilie Viktoria-Luise Marie Antoinette Berta von Faber-Castell, a part-owner of Faber-Castell, married to Tschammer Wagner, without issue.
Erika-Elisabeth Wilhelmine Margarete von Faber-Castell, a part-owner of Faber-Castell, married to Baron Edzard von Wedel-Jarlsberg, without issue.
Alexander-Roland Wulf-Diether Konrad Alfred Lothar von Faber-Castell, married to Alke Lahmann. They had three children.
Hubertus Alexander Wolfgang Rüdiger Emanuel Wilhelm von Faber-Castell, married firstly to Liselotte Baecker, secondly to Baroness Adelheid von der Leyen zu Bloemersheim. He had two children from his first marriage, including Patrick Faber-Castell, and one from his second marriage. Faber-Castell was an owner of Faber-Castell and Sal. Oppenheim.

Faber-Castell married secondly to Katharina "Nina", a daughter of Anton Hercules Sprecher von Bernegg and Emilie Sprecher von Bernegg, of Swiss nobility. They had four children;

Angela von Faber-Castell
Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell, colloquially Anton "Toni" von Faber-Castell, married firstly to Luxembourg-born Carla Mathilde Lamesch, married secondly to American Mary Elizabeth Hogan. He had one son from his first marriage and three daughters from his second marriage. Since 1978 he was appointed as president of Faber-Castell.
Andreas Wilhelm Christian Eberhard von Faber-Castell, married to American Virginia Ruth Porter. They had three children.
Christian Albrecht Bernhard Konstantin von Faber-Castell, married to Barbla Mani. They had one daughter.

During the marriage, Nina had two illegitimate daughters through an affair with Swiss billionaire Paul Sacher, both of which carried the Faber-Castell name and were raised by their mother.

Katharina Lucia Ricarda Emilie von Faber-Castell, married to Bruno Guglielmetti, without issue.
Cornelia von Faber-Castell, married firstly to Serge Perriard, married secondly to Claudio Maira.

After his divorce, he married thirdly in Stein, to Ursula Boden, to which he remained married until his death on 2 February 1978 aged 72.