German nobleman
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.
Early life
Wolfgang was the son of Philipp II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen und Birstein (1526-1596) and his wife, Countess Irmengard of Solms-Braunfels (1536-1577). 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, who inherited his land after his death.[1]
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 Countess Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach (1549-1599) who bore him one son:
On 24 Jun 1628 he married for a fourth time, this time morganatically to Sabine von Saalfeld (d. 1635).
Ancestry
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| | | | | | | 8. Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen | | | | | | | 4. Johann, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | | | | | | | | | | 9. Countess Maria of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | | | | | | | 2. Philipp II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | | | | | | | | | | | | 10. Günther XXXIX, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | | | | | | | 5. Countess Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | | | | | | | | | | 11. Countess Amalie of Mansfeld | | | | | | | 1. Wolfgang Ernst I, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12. Bernard III, Count of Solms-Braunfels | | | | | | | 6. Count Philipp of Solms-Braunfels | | | | | | | | | | 13. Countess Margareta of Henneberg | | | | | | | 3. Countess Irmengard of Solms-Braunfels | | | | | | | | | | | | 14. Otto V, Count of Tecklenburg | | | | | | | 7. Countess Anna of Tecklenburg | | | | | | | | | | 15. Countess Irmgard of Rietberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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