Christian Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen

Christian Friedrich Graf and Lord zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (born April 21, 1772 in Remlingen , † March 28, 1850 in Rüdenhausen ) was ruler of the Grafschaft Castell from 1803 to 1806 . He was the founder of the Neu-Castell-Rüdenhausen line, as the line had expired after the childless death of Friedrich Ludwig Carl Christian. After the county was dissolved, Christian Friedrich became a Bavarian registrar.

The county before Christian Friedrich

Before Count Christian Friedrich took office, two lines had shaped the Grafschaft Castell for centuries. The Rüdenhausen line resided in their castles in Rüdenhausen and Wiesenbronn, while the Remlingen line resided at Remlingen Castle and in Castell. With the childless death of the predecessor Friedrich Ludwig Carl Christian zu Castell-Rüdenhausen , the Rüdenhausen line died out.

At the same time, with the French Revolution of 1789 and the rise of Napoleon, a development had begun that should also affect the county in Franconia. The small German states were more and more dissolved and incorporated into larger states. The abolition of absolutism was also promoted. The population of the small states demanded more and more civil rights and freedoms.

Life

Christian Friedrich was born on April 21, 1772 in Remlingen. He was the youngest child of Count Christian Friedrich Carl zu Castell-Remlingen and his wife Catharina Hedwig zu Castell-Rüdenhausen . Christian Friedrich had a total of three older siblings, but only the oldest brother Albrecht Friedrich Carl was to reach adulthood. After the early death of his father in 1773, the young count initially came under the tutelage of Prince Christian Friedrich Carl zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg.

The Hohenlohe councilor JG Cunradi took care of his upbringing, later Christian Friedrich was also educated by the pedagogue and court preacher Jacobi. After completing his private training, the count began studying at the universities in Jena and Erlangen . He then traveled through Germany and Switzerland. In 1797 he took over the rule in Remlingen as co-regent. With the childless death of Count Friedrich Ludwig Carl Christian zu Castell-Rüdenhausen in 1803, the county was united.

The two brothers Albrecht Friedrich Carl and Christian Friedrich then split the rule again into two lines. Christian Friedrich founded the (New) -Castell-Rüdenhausen line and from then on sat in Rüdenhausen Castle. With the mediatization of the year 1806, the county was dissolved on September 3rd. On September 25th of the same year it came to Kurpfalz-Bayern . The counts became noblemen.

As a result of this, the counts lost many of the rights they had previously owned. Only the domain right, some active loans, the income from manorial rights and the lower patrimonial jurisdiction were retained. This changed only after the failed revolution of 1848. Aside from the patronage rights in the church, Christian Friedrich no longer had any additional rights. Christian Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen died on March 28, 1850 in Rüdenhausen.

Marriage and offspring

Christian Friedrich married Albertine Eleonore Juliane Countess von der Schulenburg in Angern on April 21, 1797 . The marriage remained childless and was divorced in 1803. On June 25, 1804 the Count married again, this time Luise Karoline Countess zu Ortenburg . This marriage resulted in two children.

• Ludwig Franz Adolf Friedrich Carl (born March 15, 1805 in Nuremberg , † June 11, 1849 in Rüdenhausen)
• Marianne Karoline Luise (born May 1, 1806 in Nuremberg, † July 18, 1884 in Wildbad)

In 1811 there was another divorce, so that on August 2, 1812, the count married Sophie Amalie Charlotte Henriette zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, the widow of his brother Albrecht Friedrich Carl. The marriage remained without children.

literature

• Max Domarus : The portraits in Rüdenhausen Castle . In: Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte eV (Hrsg.): Mainfränkische Hefte. Issue 46 . Volkach 1966.
• Wilhelm Engel : House u. Reign of Castell in Franconian history . In: Society for Franconian History (ed.): Castell. Contributions to the culture and history of home and dominion. New Year's Sheets XXIV . Würzburg 1952. pp. 1-19.
• Otto Meyer : The Castell house. State and class rule over the centuries . In: Otto Meyer, Hellmut Kunstmann (ed.): Castell. State rule - castles - status lordship . Castell 1979. pp. 9-53.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meyer, Otto: The Castell House . P. 38.
2. ↑ Engel, Wilhelm: Haus u. Reign of Castell . P. 13.
3. ^ Domarus, Max: The portraits in the castle Rüdenhausen . P. 53.
4. ↑ Angelfire.com: Castell family tree , accessed April 23, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
( Friedrich Ludwig Carl Christian )	Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen 1803–1806	---