Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen (German - ''Wolfgang Dietrich zu Castell-Remlingen'') (6 January 1641 – 8 April 1709) was a German nobleman. From 1668 until his death he was the ruler of the county of

Castell-Remlingen Castell-Remlingen was a County located in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany, ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. It was created as a partition of Castell in 1597, and in 1668 it was partitioned between itself and Castell- ...

, sharing power with his brother Friedrich Magnus of Castell-Remlingen. He also held other offices in the Margraviate of Ansbach and the

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The county before Wolfgang Dietrich

Life

He was born in Remlingen, Bavaria. He died in Castell, aged 68.

Marriages and issue

In Remlingen on 7 July 1667 he married Elisabeth Dorothea Schenkin of Limpurg in Obersontheim. With her he had six children, two of whom died in infancy: * Sophie Dorothea (* 21 June 1668 in Remlingen; † 25 December 1732 in Castell) * Christiana Theodora (* 12 June 1669 in Remlingen; † 15 August 1674 in Neustadt an der Aisch) * Charlotte Juliane (* 14 September 1670 in Castell; † 5 February 1696 in Rüdenhausen) * Luise Florina (* 16 April 1672 in Castell; † 27 July 1676 in Castell) * Christiana Elisabeth (* 21 June 1674 in Neustadt; † 16 March 1717 in Neuenstein) * Karl Friedrich Gottlieb (* 16 April 1679 in

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; † 9 May 1743 in

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), Wolfgang Dietrich's successor. After Elisabeth Dorothea's death, Wolfgang Dietrich married again, on 7 March 1693 to Dorothea Renate of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf. He had eight children with her: * Eleonore Auguste Amalie (* 27 December 1693 in Castell; † 25 May 1712 in Castell) * Wolfgang Georg (* 20 September 1694 in Castell; † 22 September 1735 in Castell) * Charlotte Luise Renata (* 24 January 1696 in Castell; † 6 January 1699) * Ludwig Theodor (* 2 November 1698 in Castell; † 11 December 1698 in Castell) * Karoline Friederike Luise (* 15 May 1702 in Castell; † 17 February 1748 in

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) * Sophie Theodora (* 12 May 1703 in Castell; † 8 January 1777 in Herrnhut) * August Franz Friedrich (* 31 July 1705 in Castell; † 16 May 1767 in Castell) * Ludwig Friedrich (* 23 February 1707 in Castell; † 22 June 1772 in Rehweiler)

Bibliography

* Max Domarus: ''Die Porträts im Schloss Rüdenhausen''. In: Freunde Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte e.V. (ed.): ''Mainfränkische Hefte. Heft 46''. Volkach 1966. * Wilhelm Engel: ''Haus u. Herrschaft Castell in der fränkischen Geschichte''. In: Gesellschaft für fränkische Geschichte (ed.): ''Castell. Beiträge zu Kultur und Geschichte von Haus und Herrschaft. Neujahrsblätter XXIV''. Würzburg 1952. S. 1-19. * Otto Meyer: ''Das Haus Castell. Landes- und Standesherrschaft im Wandel der Jahrhunderte''. In: Otto Meyer, Hellmut Kunstmann (ed.): ''Castell. Landesherrschaft- Burgen- Standesherrschaft''. Castell 1979. S. 9-53. {{DEFAULTSORT:Castell-Remlingen, Wolfgang Dietrich of 1641 births 1709 deaths German nobility