Castell-Rüdenhausen

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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.

• 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)

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49°45′59″N 10°20′22″E / 49.7665°N 10.3395°E / 49.7665; 10.3395

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