Ernst Casimir (Nassau-Weilburg)

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Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Weilburg (* 15. November 1607 in Saarbrücken , † April 16 . Jul / 26 April 1655 greg. In Weilburg ) the founder who was younger line Nassau-Weilburg .

Life

He was the second youngest son of Count Ludwig II of Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken and his wife Anna Maria von Hessen-Kassel (1567–1626). Ludwig II was able to unite all the Nassau-Walram counties . After his death in 1627, the inheritance was divided among the four still living brothers in 1629: the eldest Wilhelm Ludwig (1590–1640) got Nassau-Saarbrücken , Johann Nassau-Idstein , Ernst Casimir Nassau-Weilburg and Otto the rule of Kirchheim . Since the last two were still too young, the lands were initially administered by Wilhelm Ludwig.

Ernst Casimir's share was Weilburg , Merenberg , Gleiberg , Hüttenberg , Reichelsheim (Wetterau) , after the death of his brother Otto, in 1632 Kirchheim, Stauf , Bolanden and parts of Homburg were added.

Even later, Ernst Casimir was not often in his country. In 1634 he fled to Metz before the Thirty Years' War and only returned after the Peace of Westphalia . But it took some time until all claims were enforced.

The Gotha Treaty of March 6, 1651, in which the division of inheritance from 1629 was confirmed and adjusted again , also falls into this period.

family

Ernst Kasimir married Anna Maria von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (* 1610; † 1656) in 1634 . She was the daughter of Count Wilhelm II of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (1569–1623). The couple had the following children:

  • Wilhelm Ludwig (* December 25, 1634, † July 23, 1636)
  • Marie Eleonore (* August 12, 1636 - December 16, 1678), ⚭ May 5, 1660 Count Casimir von Eberstein (* 1639; † 1660), last Count of Eberstein
  • a son, stillborn (April 22, 1637)
  • Casimir (born August 21, 1638, † April 20, 1639)
  • Friedrich (* April 26, 1640, † September 19, 1675), ⚭ Christiane Elisabeth von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (* 1646; † 1678), daughter of Count Ernst von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (* 1599; † 1649)
  • Anna (* October 5, 1641, †?) Died early

The since 2000 as Grand Duke of Luxembourg reigning Henri of Nassau is the nine-times great-grandson of Ernst Casimir.

Individual evidence

  1. Anton J. Weidenbach : Nassau territories from the property holdings immediately before the French Revolution until 1866. In: Annalen des Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung. Vol. 10, 1870, ZDB -ID 504639-7 , pp. 253-275, here p. 255 .
  2. ^ Ernst F. Keller: The tribulations of the Nassau people and the neighboring countries in the times of the Thirty Years' War, its heroes, statesmen and other famous contemporaries. Perthes, Gotha 1854, p. 465 .
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig II. Count of Nassau-Weilburg
1629–1655
Friedrich