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3 unusual facts about Counts of Castell


Counts of Castell

Through the marriage of Count Alexander Castell-Rüdenhausen (1866–928) with Ottilie Baroness von Faber from a well-known family of industrialists the branch of Faber-Castell was created in 1898.

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The County of Castell was created in AD1200, in the modern region of Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany.

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The family was mediatized in 1806 and 1815, however without loss of its equal-to-royal rank, its two states incorporated into Bavaria.



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