Ernst zu Stolberg
Ernst Reichsgraf zu Stolberg , Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohnstein, Herr zu Eppstein, Münzenberg, Breuberg , Agimont, Lohra and Klettenberg (born March 25, 1650 in Ilsenburg , † November 9, 1710 in Ilsenburg, buried December 21, 1710 in the Schlosskirche Ilsenburg) was a German politician. He ruled over the county of Wernigerode until his death .
He is the son of Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg and his wife Anna Elisabeth. On June 10, 1672 he married Sophia Dorothea von Schwarzburg from the Arnstadt family (* June 8, 1647, † April 26, 1708). His two sons died in infancy. Only his daughter Sophia Elisabeth survived, and she married into the Reuss zu Untergreiz family.
In his will, in 1710, after his wife had already donated 1,000 thalers, Count Ernst donated the so-called Greizer legacy of 500 thalers for the poor and needy in the county of Wernigerode, the interest of which had been paid until 1931.
After his death without a male heir, the county of Wernigerode fell to his nephew Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode from the Gedern family .
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| SURNAME | Ernst zu Stolberg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stolberg, Ernst Reichsgraf zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reichsgraf zu Stolberg and German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1650 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilsenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1710 |
| Place of death | Ilsenburg |