Noble family Isenburg-Budingen | Name Wolfgang I | |
Spouse(s) Countess Anna of Gleichen-RhemdaCountess Elisabeth of Nassau-DillenburgCountess Juliane of Sayn-WittgensteinSabine von Salfeld (morganatic) Born 29 December 1560Birstein ( 1560-12-29 ) Died 21 May 1633(1633-05-21) (aged 72)Birstein | ||
Wolfgang Ernst I, Count of Isenburg Büdingen (Birstein, 29 December 1560 Birstein, 21 May 1633) was a German count of the House of Isenburg. He was count of Isenburg-Birstein from 1596 to 1633, after violently seizing power from Henry of Isenburg-Rönneburg.
Wolfgang was the son of Philipp II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen in Birstein and Countess Irmengard of Solms-Braunfels. Through his mother he was first cousin once removed of Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Princess consort of Orange and first cousin of Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein sister-in-law of William the Silent.
Family and children
He married four times and had several children, whom he left his land to after his death.
First, he was married on 26 September 1585 with Countess Anna of Gleichen-Rhemda (1565-1598) who bore him the following children:
Secondly, he married on 16 Aprile 1603 with Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (1564-1611) a daughter of Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and widow of Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg but the marriage was childless.
Thirdly, he married on 19 Aprile 1616 with Countess Juliane of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1583-1627) a daughter of Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1532-1605) from his second marriage with Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach who bore him one son
He married for a fourth time morganatically with Sabine von Salfeld.