Ernst Casimir I, 1st Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Ernst Casimir I, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen (20 January 1781 – 1 December 1852[1]) was a prince of Isenburg-Büdingen, a former County of southern Hesse, Germany.

Ernst Casimir I
Born(1781-01-20)20 January 1781
Büdingen
Died12 January 1852(1852-01-12) (aged 70)
Büdingen
SpouseFerdinande, Countess von Erbach-Schönberg
IssueErnst Casimir II, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
FatherErnst Casimir II Graf of Isenburg und Büdingen
MotherEleonore of Bentheim und Steinfurt

Early life and education

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Ernst Casimir II von Isenburg-Büdingen was born on 20 January 1781, in Büdingen to Ernst Casimir von Isenburg-Büdingen and Countess Eleonore von Bentheim-Steinfurt. He had a younger sister Auguste Caroline (1790–1857).

Casimir was educated by tutors and later at the academy in Karlsruhe. Since he was not yet of legal age when his father died in 1801, he could not take over the affairs of the state; his mother was his regent.

Later life and military service

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Ernst Casimir first entered the Baden military service. On May 10, 1804, he married Countess Ferdinande zu Erbach-Schönberg, shortly thereafter he took over the government from his mother, but this did not last long.

During this time of general upheaval in the political situation in Europe, his rule was mediated in 1806 and came to the Principality of Isenburg, whose head was Carl, Prince of Isenburg, a founding member of the Confederation of the Rhine (and later, until 1813, French major general). As a brigadier general on the side of the Allied anti-Napoleonic troops, Ernst Casimir took part in the wars of liberation against Napoleonic France. He took part in battles near Lyon, Strasbourg, and Selz. Due to the decisions made at the Congress of Vienna, the entire Confederation of the Rhine Principality of Isenburg initially fell to the Austrian Empire in 1815. In 1816 Austria handed over the areas of the principality to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hessen-Darmstadt, which agreed with the Elector (Hesse-Kassel) on a division.[1][2] The areas of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Büdingen, which formerly belonged to the old German Empire, remained with the Grand Duchy of Hesse.[2] In 1826 Ernst Casimir was appointed the first President of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In this function he primarily took care of the affairs of his inherited possessions.

Ernst Casimir contributed to the Latin school founded by Count Wolfgang Ernst in Büdingen which became a state grammar school (today the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium). He was a Freemason, e.g. he is listed as an honorary member in the register of members of the Frankfurt Lodge Carl zum aufliegend Licht, which was under the protection of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel.[3]

Marriage and issue

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Children
Birth Death Spouse Issue
Princess Adelheid von Ysenburg-Büdingen 11 March 1805 21 November 1873 No issue
Prince Ernst Casimir II von Ysenburg-Büdingen 14 December 1806 16 February 1861 Thekla Adelheid von Erbach-Fürstenau Had issue
Princess Marie von Ysenburg-Büdingen 4 October 1808 11 October 1872 Ludwig von Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Had issue
Princess Mathilde von Ysenburg-Büdingen 1811 1886 No issue
Prince Gustav von Ysenburg-Büdingen 1813 1883 Bertha von Holleben Had issue
Princess Ida von Ysenburg-Büdingen 1817 1900 Reinhard von Solms-Laubach No issue
Unnamed girl 23 February 1821 4 March 1821
Unnamed girl 1 August 1822 1 August 1822

Ernst Casimir died on 12 January 1852, in Büdingen.[2][4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Le livre du Recteur de l'Académie de Genève (1559-1878) (in French). Librairie Droz. 1966. p. 275. ISBN 978-2-600-03197-4.
  2. ^ a b c G, Simon (1865). Ysenburg und Büdingen'sche Hausgeschichte (in German). Brönner. p. 1880.
  3. ^ "Geschichte der Frankfurter Freimaurerloge" (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ Arnd, Karl (1858). Geschichte der Provinz Hanau und der unteren Maingegend (in German). König. p. 315.
  5. ^ Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach: auf das Jahr ... (in German). Landes-Industrie-Comptoir. 1842. p. 462.
  6. ^ National-Zeitung der Deutschen: 1801 (in German). Becker. 1801. pp. 147–148.