This is a collateral,
morganatic line of Castell-Rüdenhausen. Through the marriage of Count Alexander von Castell-Rüdenhausen (1866–1928) with Baroness Ottilie von Faber (1877–1944), from a well-known family of industrialists, the branch of Faber-Castell was created in 1898. The current
Faber-Castell company was founded in 1761 at
Stein near
Nuremberg by cabinet maker
Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), and it has remained in the family for nine generations. The company opened branches in New York (1849), London (1851) and Paris (1855), and then expanded to Vienna (1872) and St. Petersburg (1874). near
Nuremberg A descendant of the first Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen, Count Alexander von Castell-Rüdenhausen (1866–1928), married Baroness Ottilie von Faber (1877–1944), heiress of the Faber pencil "dynasty", in 1898. in the
German Empire, a mediatised nobleman's marriage to Lothar's granddaughter would have been deemed
morganatic, and the count's trafficking in commerce considered an act of social
derogation for a member of the
Hochadel, so Alexander renounced his birth rank prior to the marriage. He was granted the new
hereditary title of
Graf (Count) von Faber-Castell by
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, for the descendants of his marriage to the Faber heiress. Although Alexander and Ottilie divorced in 1918, the Faber business trust had conferred headship of the company on Alexander, In 1927, Alexander resumed his original name for himself, his second wife (born a countess, Margit
Zedtwitz von Moravan und Duppau, 1886–1973), and their son, Radulf (1922–2004). Anton Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell left a son, Charles Alexander von Faber-Castell (born in
Zürich 20 June 1980), of his 1986 marriage to Carla Mathilde Lamesch. His widow, Mary Hogan (born 1951), continues as managing director of Faber-Castell's cosmetics division. His three daughters, Katharina Elizabeth (born 5 May 1988), and twins Sarah Angela and Victoria Maria (born 1 August 1996), succeed him. Hubertus's daughter,
Floria-Franziska Gräfin von Faber-Castell, (b. 1974) was married at
Kronberg on 17 May 2003 in a much-publicised wedding attended by members of Europe's reigning families, to
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, a great-grandson of King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and a grand-nephew of
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, sister of Britain's prince consort
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His second daughter is German-Swiss philanthropist
Caroline von Faber-Castell, who is married to Düsseldorf-based entrepreneur Michael Gotzens.
Patrick von Faber-Castell publicly married German actress
Mariella Ahrens in
Faber-Castell Castle, near Nuremberg. The siblings own one of the most important collections of silver and jewelry in Germany. Most of the pieces are available to the public in various German museums. The private collection has been recorded by the Kunstmuseum Köln and has been published under the name ("A Rhenish Silver Treasure – Privately Owned Jewellery and Equipment"). ==Other items==