Ferdinand Maximilian, Prince of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach

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Ferdinand Maximilian III
Prince of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach
Ferdinand Maximilian III Fürst zu Ysenburg-Büdingen in Wächtersbach,.jpg
Reign9 October 1847 - 5 June 1903
PredecessorAdolph II, Count of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach
Successor
Born(1824-10-24)24 October 1824
Wächtersbach
Died5 June 1903(1903-06-05) (aged 78)
Wächtersbach
Spouse
Princess Auguste of Hanau
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(m. 1849; died 1887)​
HouseIsenburg
FatherAdolph II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach
MotherCountess Philippine zu Ysenburg-Philippseich

Ferdinand Maximilian III of Ysenburg-Wächtersbach (24 October 1824 – 5 June 1903) was the head of the Wächtersbach branch of the House Ysenburg and the first Prince of Isenburg-Budingen-Wächtersbach.

Early life[]

Prince Ferdinand Maximilian III was born on 24 October 1824 in Wächtersbach. He was the only child of Adolph II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach and Countess Philippine zu Ysenburg-Philippseich.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Louis Maximilian I of Isenburg-Wächtersbach and Countess Auguste of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.[2] His maternal grandparents were Heinrich Ferdinand, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Philippseich and Countess Amalia of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda.[3]

Career[]

In 1847, following the death of his father, he became the ruling Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach. From 1856 to 1903 he was a member of the first chamber of the State Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Hesse,[4] although from 1875 to 1887, he was represented by his son Friedrich Wilhelm. From 1868 to 1885, he was a member of the Kurhessian Municipal Parliament of the Prussian administrative district of Kassel and the provincial parliament of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau.[5][6]

Personal life[]

His wife, Princess Augusta von Hanau, c. 1850-60.

On 17 July 1849, he married Princess Augusta Marie Gertrude von Hanau (1829–1887) in Wilhelmshöhe.[7] Princess Auguste was the eldest daughter of the Frederick William, Elector of Hesse and his morganatic wife, Gertrude Falkenstein. Together, they were the parents of:[8]

His wife died on 18 September 1887. Prince Ferdinand Maximilian III died on 5 June 1903 in Wächtersbach.

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Boetticher, Jac Gottlieb Isaak (1800). A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer of Reference to the Principal Places in Those Countries. John Stockdale. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German). C.A. Starke. 2004. p. 233. ISBN 978-3-7980-0833-5. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ G, Simon (1865). Bd. Das Ysenburg und Büdingen'sche Urkundenbuch (in German). Brönner. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ Balla, Ignác (1913). The Romance of the Rothschilds. E. Nash. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-9814-1515-1. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ Jomini, General Baron Antoine Henri de (18 February 2013). Treatise On Grand Military Operations: Or A Critical And Military History Of The Wars Of Frederick The Great –. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908902-73-3. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique (in French). J. Perthes. 1880. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 817. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ Born, Karl Erich (1966). Quellensammlung zur Geschichte der deutschen Sozialpolitik, 1867 bis 1914: Begründet von Peter Rassow. Im Auftrag der Historischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur hrsg (in German). F. Steiner. pp. 170, 564. ISBN 978-3-534-13437-3. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. ^ Staatschandbuch für das Grossherzogtum Sachsen (in German). 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ^ "PRINCESS WHO COST A THRONE IS VISITING HERE; Countess Ostheim, Who Married the Heir Apparent of Saxe-Weimer, Is in New York -- A Former Stage Beauty". The New York Times. 27 November 1910. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  12. ^ Engelmann, Bernt (1984). Germany Without Jews. Bantam Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-553-24445-8. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  13. ^ Diehl, James M. (1977). Paramilitary Politics in Weimar Germany. Indiana University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-253-34292-8. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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