Predecessor Ernst Casimir I Successor Bruno | Name Ernst II, | |
Reign 1 November 1848 - 16 February 1861 Born 14 December 1806
Budingen ( 1806-12-14 ) Died 16 February 1861(1861-02-16) (aged 54)
Budingen Spouse Countess Thekla of Erbach-Furstenau Issue Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Budingen
Prince Adalbert
Princess Emma
Princess Agnes
Prince Lothar |
Ernst Casimir II of Ysenburg and Büdingen (14 December 1806, Büdingen – 16 February 1861, Büdingen) was the second Prince 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.
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Education and military service
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.
Marriage and issue
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:
- Count Friedrich of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz, who married Princess Marie Reuss of Greiz (daughter of Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz), no issue
- Countess Gisela of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz, who married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe (son of Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld) and had a daughter, Princess Calixta of Lippe