Castell-Rüdenhausen

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. A branch of the Princely House is the famous noble Faber-Castell family.

Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1597 - 1806)

 * 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)

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen

 * Christian Frederick (1806 - 1850)
 * Wolfgang (1850-1901)

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1901)

 * Wolfgang, Count 1850–1901, 1st Prince 1901-1913 (1830-1913), m. Emma, Princess of Ysenburg and Büdingen
 * Casimir, 2nd Prince 1913-1933 (1861-1933), m. Mechtild, Countess of Bentinck
 * Rupert, 3rd Prince 1933-1944 (1910-1944)
 * Siegfried, 4th Prince 1944-2007 (1916-2007), m. Irene, Countess of Solms-Laubach
 * Johann-Friedrich, 5th Prince 2007-2014 (1948-2014), m. Maria, Countess of Schönborn-Wiesentheid
 * Otto, 6th Prince 2014–present (b.1985), m. Sophia Mautner von Markhof
 * Lelio Johann-Friedrich Theodor (b. October 13, 2020)