Castell-Castell

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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. [1]

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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. [2]

Counts of Castell-Castell (1668–1806)

(Mediatized) Counts of Castell-Castell

(Mediatized) Princes of Castell-Castell

References

  1. 1 2 3 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Castell". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 187-190. (German). ISBN   978-3-7980-0824-3.
  2. "Castell 3".
  3. "Family tree of Johannes Philipp Hubertus Christoph Albrecht Friedrich Carl de CASTELL".

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