Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell

Count Luitpold
Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell
Spouse	Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark
Issue
Countess Amélie Countess Thyra Count Otto-Luitpold
Full name
Leopold Alfred Frederick Charles German: Luitpold Alfred Friedrich Karl
House	House of Castell-Castell
Father	Count Otto Friedrich of Castell-Castell
Mother	Princess Amélie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Born	November 14, 1904(1904-11-14) Langenzell, Wiesenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died	6 November 1941(1941-11-06) (aged 36) (or 8 November 1941) Bankya near Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria

Count Luitpold Alfred Friedrich Karl of Castell-Castell (German: Luitpold Alfred Friedrich Karl Graf zu Castell-Castell)^[1][2] (born 14 November 1904 in Langenzell, Wiesenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden;^[1][2] died 6 or 8 November 1941 in Bankya near Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria^[1][2]) was a staff officer in the German Army during World War II and a member of the extended Danish Royal Family through his marriage to Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark.^[1][2] Luitpold was a Count of Castell-Castell and a member of the Countly House of Castell-Castell.^[1][2]

Family

Luitpold was born on 14 November 1904 in Langenzell, Wiesenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden and was the eldest child and son of Count Otto Friedrich of Castell-Castell and his wife, Princess Amélie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.^[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Luitpold's engagement to Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark, third child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was announced on 24 August 1936 by special permission of Alexandrine-Louise's uncle Christian X of Denmark.^[3][4][5] Until the announcement, Alexandrine-Louise had been frequently mentioned as a possible queen consort to Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.^[4][5] The couple met for the first time in Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[3] Following their first meeting, Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise spent nearly every day together.^[3] Before her departure from Berlin, Luitpold proposed marriage and Alexandrine-Louise accepted.^[3] At the time of their engagement announcement, Luitpold was a law student residing in Munich.^[3]

Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise were married on 22 January 1937 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark.^[1][2][6][7] Footage of the wedding on nitrate film is preserved by the Danish Film Institute in their bunker archive for nitrate film at Store Dyrehave in Hillerød.^[8][9] According to the film archivist Karin Bonde Johansen regarding the scenes captured by the film, "the atmosphere looks cheerful and wild looking, but unfortunately there is no audio to the footage."^[8]

Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise had three children:^[1][2]

• Countess Amélie Alexandrine Helene Caroline Mathilde Pauline of Castell-Castell (b. Berlin 25 May 1938); m. Hochburg (civil) 3 September 1965 (religious) 5 September 1965 Oscar Ritter von Miller zu Aichholz (b. Vienna 7 July 1934)^[1][2]
• Countess Thyra Antonie Marie-Therese Feodora Agnes of Castell-Castell (b. Berlin 14 September 1939); m. Copenhagen 3 November 1961 Karl Moritz Moes (b. Copenhagen 17 October 1937)^[1][2]
• Count Otto-Luitpold Gustav Friedrich Christian Harald Carl Castell-Castell (b. Berlin 13 March 1942 – d. Berlin 19 March 1943)^[1][2]

Military service and death

Luitpold was a First Lieutenant in the German Army during World War II.^[10] He died of his injuries from an airplane crash in action at a military hospital at Bankya near Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria on 6 or 8 November 1941 at the age of 36.^[1][2][10] Luitpold was interred at Bankya, and reinterred in the Castell-Castell family plot at the cemetery in Hochburg.^[11]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 14 November 1904 – 6 or 8 November 1941: His Illustrious Highness Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Darryl Lundy (23 Feb 2007). "Luitpold Alfred Friedrich Karl Graf zu Castell-Castell". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10983.htm#i109824. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Paul Theroff. "CASTELL". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/castell.html. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Evening Post Staff (18 September 1936), "King Christian's Niece", Evening Post, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19360918.2.167.12&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0Luitpold+Castell--, retrieved 2010-08-22 
4. ^ ^{a b} Time Staff (31 August 1936), "Milestones, Aug. 31, 1936", Time, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756576,00.html, retrieved 2010-08-22 
5. ^ ^{a b} Associated Press (24 August 1936), "Danish Princess Will Marry Count", Sarasota Herald, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JOMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074,3728187&dq=luitpold+castell-castell&hl=en, retrieved 2010-08-22 
6. ^ Time Staff (1 February 1937), "Milestones, Feb. 1, 1937", Time, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788669,00.html, retrieved 2010-08-22 
7. ^ Finansministeriet Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen. "Kongelige begivenheder i Christiansborg Slotskirke". Finansministeriet Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen. http://www.ses.dk/da/SlotteOgHaver/Slotte/ChristiansborgSlot/Slotskirken/Kongelige%20begivenheder%20i%20Christiansborg%20Slotskirke.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Karin Bonde Johansen (June–August 2005). "DET NYE NITRATARKIV". Det Danske Filminstitut. http://www.dfi.dk/filmhuset/Filmarkivet/Artikler-og-links/Artikler-om-filmarkiver/Det-nye-nitratarkiv.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
9. ^ Tækker, Christina (November 2006), "Fy og Bi skal opbevares i koldkrigsbunker", COWIfeature, http://www.cowi.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/cowi/da/menu/09.%20Publikationer/9.%20Cowi%20medier/Andre%20filtyper/COWIfeature%20nr.%2016%202006%20DK.pdf, retrieved 2010-08-22 
10. ^ ^{a b} The New York Times Staff (21 November 1941), "German Count Dies of Injuries", The New York Times, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B10F73D5E17738DDDA80A94D9415B8188F1D3, retrieved 2010-08-22 
11. ^ Royalty (Travel) Guide. "Castell-Castell". M-A-R-D-A-M Royalty (Travel) Guide. http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/castell/castellcastell2.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 

External links

• Wedding photograph of Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell and Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark

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Name	Luitpold Of Castell-Castell, Count
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 November 1904
Place of birth	Langenzell, Wiesenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden
Date of death	6 November 1941
Place of death	Bankya near Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria