Wolfgang Ernst III. to Isenburg and Büdingen

Prince Wolfgang Ernst III. zu Isenburg and Büdingen (born July 25, 1798 in Offenbach am Main , † October 29, 1866 in Birstein ) was a German civil registrar .

Life

The son of the last ruling prince in the Principality of Isenburg , Carl von Isenburg-Birstein (1766–1820), and his wife Charlotte Auguste Wilhelmine, nee. Countess of Erbach-Erbach (1777–1846).

In 1814, Wolfgang Ernst was placed under the care of his uncle, who was major general at Mainz fortress, to acquire military knowledge . From 1816 to 1818 he stayed with his tutor Johann Elias Mieg (1770–1842) and his brother Viktor Alexander in Lausanne , from 1818 he studied political science at the University of Göttingen .

He was of Protestant denomination and married Countess Adelheid zu Erbach-Fürstenau on January 30, 1827 at Fürstenau Castle . The marriage remained childless. His nephew Karl zu Isenburg-Birstein became heir to the rulership .

In 1820 he succeeded him in the class rule. From 1823 to 1849 and again from 1856 to 1866 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Darmstadt. He did not take part in the first state parliament and only took his deputy oath on August 17, 1823 . At the 5th Landtag (1832/33) he was represented by his brother Viktor zu Isenburg and Büdingen (1802–1843). From 1831 to 1866 he was also a hereditary member of the Kurhessische estates assembly in Kassel. After the March Revolution , this virile vote was dropped .

literature

Klaus-Dieter Rack: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the First and Second Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820-1918 and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse 1919-1933 , Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , no. 400.
Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 198.
New Prussian nobility lexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news from the princely, counts, baronial and aristocratic houses residing in the Prussian monarchy or related to it, with details of their descent, their property, their coat of arms and the civil rights arising from them. and military figures, heroes, scholars and artists; edited by an association of scholars and friends of patriotic history under the board of Baron L. v. Zedlitz-Neukirch. Publishing house Gebrüder Reichenbach. Volume 5: Supplement Volume. Leipzig 1839 ( digitized version ), p. 257.

Web links

Isenburg-Birstein, Wolfgang Ernst III. Prince of. Hessian biography. (As of April 25, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ All letters to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Critical edition. Volume 4: 1814 – July 1817. Neue Zürcher Zeitung publisher. Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-03823-757-0 . P. 169.
↑ All letters to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Critical edition. Volume 4: 1814 – July 1817. Neue Zürcher Zeitung publisher. Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-03823-757-0 . P. 169.

personal data
SURNAME	Isenburg and Büdingen, Wolfgang Ernst III. to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Isenburg and Büdingen, Wolfgang Ernst III. Prince too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Member of the Grand Duchy and Electorate of Hesse, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH	Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1866
Place of death	Birstein

[1] All letters to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Critical edition. Volume 4: 1814 – July 1817. Neue Zürcher Zeitung publisher. Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-03823-757-0 . P. 169.

[2] All letters to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Critical edition. Volume 4: 1814 – July 1817. Neue Zürcher Zeitung publisher. Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-03823-757-0 . P. 169.