Faber-Castell family

The Faber-Castell family, originating from Stein near Nuremberg, Germany, is an entrepreneurial noble family which founded the Faber-Castell AG in 1761 and the Nürnberger-Versicherung in 1884.[1] A.W. Faber, the original name of the company, is the oldest company brand in the USA.[2]

Arms of the Counts of Faber-Castell

History

Founded in 1761 by Kasper Faber, AW Faber Bleystiftwerke made pencils. One of his successors was Johann Lothar, Freiherr von Faber; his granddaughter Baroness Ottilie married Alexander Graf von Castell-Rüdenhausen in 1898.[3] From them originates the new company name Faber-Castell (Count Alexander changed his name to Alexander von Faber-Castell). In 1905, Alexander von Faber-Castell introduced the pencil mark "Castell" for particularly high quality pencils. Swiss billionaire Paul Sacher (1906–1999), majority shareholder of the pharmaceuticals company Hoffmann-La Roche, was father to Katharina and Cornelia von Faber-Castell.[4][5]

Roland von Faber-Castell (1905–1978) was the last sole heir to the Faber-Castell fortune.[6] The Count successfully merged the companies Faber-Castell and Johann Faber. Roland was CEO of Faber-Castell for 50 years. Count Roland's first wife, Alix-May von Frankenberg-Ludwigsdorf (1907–1979) was born into the Cologne-based banking dynasty Oppenheim. The marriage was disrupted through antisemitic attacks, because her grandfather, prominent banker Eduard von Oppenheim was a born Jew.[7] Eduard married Amalie Heuser, from a Protestant family and converted to Lutheranism. Yet, Roland and Alix-May were victims of constant attacks. In 1935 Graf Roland and Alix-May divorced after the magazine Der Stürmer criticized her luxurious lifestyle and the words 'Die Oppenheim, das Judenschwein, muss raus aus Stein' (Oppenheim, the Jew-pig, has to leave Stein) were written on the family's castle, Faberschloss.[8]

Furthermore, Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell (1941–2016), son from Roland's second marriage with Katharina Sprecher von Bernegg, was CEO and the owning family's representative for nearly 40 years in the eighth generation.[9] In that context, Graf Anton-Wolfgang bought out many of his siblings and their children in order to gain decisive power.[10] He worked for a long time with his younger brother, Andreas Graf von Faber-Castell, for the family business. Andreas acted from Australia and dealt largely with the Asian market.[11] A son from the first the marriage of Roland von Faber-Castell and his wife Alix-May, was Hubertus von Faber-Castell. Hubertus was a pioneer in Chinese commercial television and has been awarded, as the only European in history, the honorary citizenship of China's capital city Beijing.[12] The mother of Hubertus was, among other things, co-owner of Europe's biggest private bank, Sal. Oppenheim Jr & Cie.[13] His son, Patrick Graf von Faber-Castell, married the German actress Mariella Ahrens under a large media presence at Faber-Castell castle, in 2007.[14]

Patrick von Faber-Castell and his siblings, Floria-Franziska of Hesse and Caroline Gotzens, own one of the most important collections of silver and jewellery in Germany. Most of the pieces are available to the public in various German museums. The majority of the private collection has been recorded by the Kunstmuseum Köln and published under the name "A Rhenish Silver Treasure - Jewelry and Equipment from Private Ownership".[15]

Family members
  • A1. Alexander Friedrich Lothar von Faber-Castell (Sole owner Faber-Castell) (but retains the original title for himself, his second wife and son); Born July 6, 1866 in Rüdenhausen; † April 11, 1928 in Oberstdorf; ∞ I. (February 28, 1898 in Stein, 0 | 0 1918) Ottilie von Faber, born September 6, 1877 in Stein; † September 28, 1944 in Nuremberg; II. (July 15, 1920 in Stein) Margit Zedtwitz of Moravan and Duppau, born September 30, 1886 in Duppau; † October 25, 1973 in Castle Schwanberg, Schwanberg
    • B1. (I.) Roland Lothar Wolfgang Christian Ernst Wilhelm von Faber-Castell (Sole owner Faber-Castell) * April 21, 1905 in Schwarzenbruck; † February 2, 1978 in Ansbach; ∞ I. (January 23, 1928 in London, 0 | 0 1935) Alix-May of Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf, born September 20, 1907 in Munich; † December 19, 1979 in Polop, Spain; ∞ II. (December 8, 1938 in Stein, 0 | 0 1969) Katharina Sprecher of Bernegg, * June 24, 1917 in Zurich; † April 22, 1994 in Küsnacht; ∞ III. (14 August 1969 in Stein) Ursula soil, born October 4, 1924 in Wurzen; † November 8, 2003 in Vienna
      • C1. Felicitas Ottilie von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) * July 10, 1929 in Stein; ∞ (July 20, 1966 in Munich) Tschammer Wagner, born April 11, 1928 in Neisse
      • C2. Erika-Elisabeth von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) * 2 September 1930 in Dürrenhembach; ∞ (in stone November 16, 1953) Edzard von Wedel Baron Wedel-Jarlsberg, born February 15, 1924 in Göttingen; † June 12, 1969 in Zurich
      • C3. Hubertus von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell & Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim) * April 8, 1934 in Munich; † January 29, 2007; ∞ I. (May 20, 1960 in Frankfurt am Main, 0 | 0 1967) Liselotte Baecker, born August 20, 1939 in Frankfurt am Main; ∞ II. (March 15, 1970 in Meerbusch (civ.), March 21, 1970 in Meerbusch (rel.), 0 | 0 1982) Adelheid von der Leyen to Bloemersheim, born November 6, 1945 in Homberg; † May 23, 2010 in Wiesbaden
        • D1. (I.) Caroline von Faber-Castell * August 20, 1961 in Düsseldorf; ∞ (September 22, 1989 in Düsseldorf (civ.), July 29, 1990 in Castle Stein, Stein, (rel.)) Michael Gotzens, born March 3, 1958 in Düsseldorf
          • E1. Antonia Gotzens (born 1990)
          • E2. Alessandra Gotzens (born 1994)
          • E3. Nicholas Gotzens (born 1997)
        • D2. (I.) Patrick von Faber-Castell * June 4, 1965 in Düsseldorf; ∞ (December 12, 2006 in New York City (civ.), July 7, 2007 in Castle Stein, Stein, 0 | 0 2015) Mariella Ahrens, born April 2, 1969 in Leningrad, Soviet Union
          • E4. Lucia Marie Christina of Faber-Castell (born 2007)
        • D3. (II.) Floria-Franziska von Faber-Castell * October 14, 1974 in Düsseldorf; ∞ (April 25, 2003 in Wiesbaden (civ.), May 17, 2003 in Kronberg (rel.)) Heinrich Donatus of Hesse, born October 17, 1966 in Kiel
      • C5. Angela von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) * 4 July 1939 in Nuremberg; † August 29, 1991 in Munich; ∞ (August 29, 1959 in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland (civ.), October 17, 1959 in Stein (rel.), 0 | 0 1986) Heinrich von Kölichen, born August 18, 1926 in Kittletztreben; † June 6, 1991 in Munich
        • D1. Nadine von Kölichen (born July 24, 1969); ∞ (1999) Christoph Pöppinghaus
        • D2. Stephan von Kölichen
        • D3. Roland von Kölichen
      • C6. Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell, as well as Chairman of the Board) * June 7, 1941 in Bamberg; † January 21, 2016 in Houston, Texas; ∞ I. (June 16, 1986 in Las Vegas, 0 | 0 1986) Carla Mathilde Lamesch, born July 15, 1942 in Luxembourg; † May 18, 2010 in Little Rock; ∞ II. (December 12, 1987 in Stein) Mary Hogan, born November 25, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri
        • D1. (I.) Married, Charles Alexander von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) (born 1980 in Zurich); ∞ (September 30, 2011 in Stein (civ.), May 26, 2012 in Stein (rel.)) Melissa Eliyeşil, (born 1984 in Istanbul)
          • E1. Leonhard von Faber-Castell (born April 14, 2016)
          • E2. Carla von Faber-Castell (born June 7, 2017)
        • D2. (II.) Katharina von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) (born 1988)
        • D3. (II.) Victoria von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) (born 1996)
        • D4. (II.) Sarah von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) (born 1996)
      • C7. Andreas von Faber-Castell (Owner Faber-Castell) * June 1, 1946 in Dürrenhembach; ∞ (January 6, 1973 in Princeton, New Jersey) Virginia Ruth Porter, born January 31, 1947 in Trenton, New Jersey
        • D1. Natalie von Faber-Castell (born 1976 in Sydney); ∞ (October 8, 2005 in stone) Salvatore Lacaria, born December 16, 1968
        • D2. Alea Virginia Andrea Christina of Faber-Castell (born 1978 in Sydney); ∞ (January 8, 2006 in Sydney) Brian Martin McGabhan
        • D3. Anton von Faber-Castell (born 1983 in Sydney); ∞ ( May 16, 2014 (civ.), May 17, 2014 (rel.)) Kate Stahl
      • C8. Christian von Faber-Castell (born May 17, 1950 in Constance); ∞ (11 October 1987 in Küsnacht) Barbla Mani, born November 4, 1951 in Thusis, Switzerland

See also

References
  1. https://www.nuernberger.de/ueber-uns/unternehmen/die-nuernberger/
  2. http://support.fabercastell.com/support/solutions/articles/25000009272-a-w-faber-oldest-brand-name-in-the-usa
  3. "28.02.1898: Ottilie von Faber heiratet Alexander zu Castell-Rüdenhausen". June 12, 2015 – via swrmediathek.de.
  4. https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article649913/14-Millionen-Dollar-als-Tageslohn.html
  5. https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article451994/Ueber-Paul-Sacher-diesen-Animator-der-Musikwelt.html
  6. https://www.zeit.de/1973/03/auch-wir-muessen-den-pfenning-umdrehen/seite-3
  7. http://rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/familie-oppenheim/DE-2086/lido/57c956cd98b2c7.39961812
  8. https://www.neuewelt.at/artikel/news/vermeer-darf-bleiben/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=eb22e35c47d867b28612b9236472f9f8
  9. Olson, Nancy. "Graf Von Faber-Castell's Heritage Collection Of Fountain Pens". Forbes.
  10. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/karriere-hochschule/mein-weg/a-w-graf-von-faber-castel-der-spaetberufene-graf-14619-p2.html
  11. "Yaffa Media – Where engaging media meets inspired content – Yaffa Media".
  12. "CHINA: Besondere Revolution". March 23, 1987 – via Spiegel Online.
  13. http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/28955044
  14. "Eine märchenhafte Hochzeit auf Schloss Stein". nordbayern.de.
  15. Joppien, Rüdiger (July 24, 1980). "Ein rheinischer Silberschatz - Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz". Wienand – via Amazon.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.