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;
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;
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.