Castell-Castell

Castell-Castell was a county in the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. It was established as a partition of Castell-Remlingen in 1668, and it was partitioned between itself and Castell in 1709. It annexed the County of Castell in 1772, and was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.

On 7 March 1901 the Castell-Castell branch, along with the one of Castell-Rüdenhausen line were raised to the hereditary rank of Prince in primogeniture with the style of Serene Highness by Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.

Counts of Castell-Castell (1668–1806)

• Wolfgang Theodoric (1668–1709)
• Augustus Francis Frederick (1709–1767) reigned mutually with
• Charles Frederick Gottlieb (Count of Castell-Remlingen) (1709–1717) and
• Wolfgang George II (1709–1736) and
• Christian Frederick Charles (Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen) (1736–1773)
• Albert Frederick Charles (1773–1806) mutually with
• Christian Frederick (later Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen) (1773–1803)

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Castell

• Friedrich Ludwig (1810–1875)
• Carl (1875–1886)
• Friedrich Carl (1886–1901)

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Castell

• Friedrich Carl, Count 1886–1901, 1st Prince 1901–1923 (1864–1923), married 1895 Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode
• Carl, 2nd Prince 1923–1945 (1897–1945), married Princess Anna-Agnes of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
• Albrecht, 3rd Prince 1945–2016 (1925–2016), married Marie Luise, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Ferdinand, 4th Prince 2016–present (born 1965), married Countess Marie-Gabrielle of Degenfeld-Schonburg
• Carl, Hereditary Count of Castell-Castell (born 2001)
• Count Johannes (born 2011)

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