Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (3 January 1905–4 April 1998) was a German

Germany

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 nobleman, artist, sculptor, author and member of the House of Bylandt or more specifically the branch of Bylandt-Rheydt.
He studied art under Professor Eduard Kämpffer at the Academy of Art in Breslau. In 1939 he married the German actress Dorothea Gmelin. After divorce he remarried pianist

Pianist

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 Ilse Josten. In 1958 he became a Professor

Professor

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 of Art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel

Kunsthochschule Kassel

Kunsthochschule Kassel is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel .-Notable people:* Bernhard, Count of Bylandt* August Bromeis...

. Count Bernhard's father was the last owner of the family seat

Family seat

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 of Schloss Rheydt

Schloss Rheydt

Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Over the years the building has been the family seat of various noble families, including the Bylandt-Rheydt dynasty that ruled over Rheydt for over 300 years and gave the palace its present...

. The palace was sold to the town of Rheydt

Rheydt

Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 through 1975 it was an independent city....

 and remains a museum to this day.

Titles

1. Count of Bylandt (Ger: Graf von Bylandt)
2. Baron of Rheydt (Ger: Baron zu Rheydt)

External links

• http://www.schlossrheydt.de/ (German)
• http://www.bylandt-rheydt.de/ (German)