Castell-Rüdenhausen
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Castell-Rüdenhausen was a County in the Holy Roman Empire
. It was created as a partition of Castell
. In 1806, it was mediatised
to Bavaria.
Counts of Castell
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
. It was created as a partition of Castell
Castell (Germany)
Castell was a county of northern Bavaria, Germany, ruling a string of territories in the historical region of Franconia, both east and west of Würzburg. Little is known about the noble Counts of Castell, although they were the counts of Kreis Gerolzhofen, Regierungsbezirk, and Unterfranken of Bavaria...
. In 1806, it was mediatised
German Mediatisation
The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany between 1795 and 1814, during the latter part of the era of the French Revolution and then the Napoleonic Era....
to Bavaria.
Counts of CastellCounts of CastellThe family appears already in 1057 with Robbrath de Castello. The County of Castell was created in AD1200, in the modern region of Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany. Rulership of Castell was shared between the brothers Louis and Rupert II in 1223, and later with the brothers Albert II,...
-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-CastellCastell-CastellCastell-Castell was a County in the Holy Roman Empire. It was established as a partition of Castell-Remlingen in 1668, and it was partitioned between itself and Castell in 1709...
) (1803 - 1806)