Christian Friedrich (Castell) zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1772 - 1850)

Born 21 Apr 1772 in Remlingen, Grafschaft Castell, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1850 at age 77 in Rüdenhausen, Grafschaft Castell-Rüdenhausen, Königreich Bayern;

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Biography

Christian Friedrich zu Castell, was the third but second surviving and youngest son of Christian Friedrich Karl, Graf und Herr zu Castell, and his wife, Catharina Hedwig zu Castell-Remlingen, and was born 21 April 1772 at Remlingen.^[1]

His father died 15 October 1773, and Christian Friedrich and his elder brother Albrecht Friedrich Karl, succeeded their father under the regency of their mother.^[1] He was educated at Jena and Erlangen and then travelled through Germany and Switzerland as part of the 'grand tour'.^[1]

Christian Friedrich, started his personal rule still jointly with his elder brother from 21 April 1797.^[1] Castell had been dividied several times and their father had orginally succeeded to Castell-Castell, and then inherited Remlingen in 1762.^[2] On the death of the last of the older line of Castell-Rüdenhause in 1803, the brothers united all of Castell.^[2],^[1] However they again divided the territory into the lines of Castell-Castell (Albrecht Friedrich Karl) and Castell-Rüdenhausen (Christian Friedrich).^[2] Christian Friedrich moving his main residence to Rüdenhausen>^[1]

He died on 28 March 1850 at about 4.30am at Rüdenausen.^[2] As his only son, Adolf had died before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, Wolfgang.

First marriage

Christian Friedrich zu Castell, married firstly on 21 April 1797 at Angern bei Magdeburg, Albertine Eleonore Juliane (Julie) von der Schulenburg. She was born at Magdenburg 16 February 1778, the daughter of Alexander Friedrich Christoph, Graf von der Schulenburg, of the house Angern, and Luise Eleonore, Freiin von Bismarck.^[2],^[1] They were divorced at Castell 7 July 1803.^[1]. She remarried twice more and died 30 October 1838 at Moscow.^[2]

They had issue;

1. Stillborn daughter 27 November 1800.^[1]

Second marriage

His second wife, was Luise Caroline, Gräfin zu Ortenburg, born 15 January 1782 at Ortenburg, the daugher of Karl Albrecht, Graf zu Ortenburg and Christiane Luise, Gräfin zu Salm, Wild und Rheingräfin zu Rheingrafenstein. They were married 25 June 1804, probably at Rüdenhausen, but they too were divorced at Würzburg on 29 November 1811.^[2],^[1]

They had issue two children;

1. Ludwig Franz Adolf Friedrich Karl, born 15 March 1805 at Nürnberg^[1] or Rüdenausen;
2. Mariana Caroline Luise, born 1 March 1806 at Nürnberg.^[1]

Third marriage

Christian Friedrich married for the third time on 2 August 1812 at Castell, Sophie Amalie Charlotte, Gräfin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim, daughter of Johann Karl Ludwig, Graf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim, and Dorothea Maria, Prinzessin von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.^[3] She was the widow of this brother Albrecht Friedrich Karl, who had died 11 April 1810.^[1]

There were no children from this marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Viehbeck, Friedrich Wilhelm, Abriß einer genealogischen Geschichte des Gräflichen Hauses Castell in Franken (Rüdenausen (?), 1813), pp. 81 & 83-84, digital image, Google Play ebooks (from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=6ItEAAAAcAAJ : accessed 19 July 2020).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Huberty, Michel, Alain Giraud & F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne dynastique: les quinze Familles qui ont fair l'Empire, Vol. 6 - Bade-Mecklembourg, Familles alliées C-G (Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Alain Giraud, 1991). pp. 307-313.
3. ↑ Huberty, Michel, Alain Giraud & F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne dynastique: les quinze Familles qui ont fair l'Empire, Vol. 4- Wittelsbach (Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Alain Giraud, 1985). pp. 331 & 385.