Ernst Casimir II | |||||
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Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen | |||||
Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen | |||||
Reign | 1 November 1848 - 16 February 1861 | ||||
Predecessor | Ernst Casimir I | ||||
Successor | Bruno | ||||
Born |
Büdingen |
14 December 1806||||
Died | 16 February 1861 Büdingen |
(aged 54)||||
Spouse | Countess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau | ||||
Issue |
Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen Prince Adalbert Princess Emma Princess Agnes Prince Lothar |
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House | House of Ysenburg-Büdingen | ||||
Father | Ernst Casimir I, 1st Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen | ||||
Mother | Countess Ferdinande of Erbach-Schönberg |
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Ernst Casimir |
Ernst Casimir II of Ysenburg and Büdingen (14 December 1806, Büdingen – 16 February 1861, Büdingen) was the secondPrince of Ysenburg and Büdingen. Ernst Casimir was the eldest son and second eldest child of Ernst Casimir I, 1st Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and his wife Countess Ferdinande of Erbach-Schönberg.
At the age of 12, Ernst Casimir attended the Royal Prussian Pädagogium in Halle. After passing Maturum in 1826, Ernst Casimir studied first at the University of Giessen and later at the Berlin College of History and Archeology. To learn the French language, he held temporarily studied in Basel and Geneva. Ernst Casimir also served for several years in the Imperial and Royal Army of the Austrian Empire. On 1 November 1848, succeeded to the title of Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen upon the abdication of his father.
Ernst Casimir married Countess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau, fourth eldest daughter of Albrecht, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau and his wife Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen, on 8 September 1836 in Beerfelden. Ernst Casimir and Thekla had five children: