''Bruno'' Casimir Albert Emil Ferdinand of Ysenburg and Büdingen (14 June 1837 – 26 January 1906) was the third
Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen. Bruno was the eldest son of
Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and his wife Countess Thekla of
Erbach-Fürstenau.
Political career
As a nobleman, Bruno was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine () was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (). It assumed the name ...
from 1861 to 1906. He served as its president first between 1878 and 1889, and second between 1889 and 1900.
Marriage and issue
Firstly, Bruno married Princess Mathilde of
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, daughter of Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and his wife Countess Caroline of
Collalto und San Salvatore, on 31 July 1862 in
Lich
In fantasy fiction, a lich () is a type of undead creature with magical powers.
Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's " The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used ''lich'' as a general term for any corpse, animat ...
. Bruno and Mathilde had two daughters before Mathilde's death on 11 September 1867:
*Princess Hedwig of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1 November 1863
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 1 July 1925
Ortenberg)
: ∞ Botho, Prince of
Stolberg-Rossla (1850–1893) on 27 September 1883 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
: ∞ Count Kuno of Stolberg-Rossla (1862–1921) on 31 August 1902 in
Rossla; no issue.
*Princess Elisabeth of Ysenburg and Büdingen (21 December 1864
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 16 November 1946
Heilsberg)
: ∞ Rudolf, Baron of
Thüngen (1855–1929) on 25 September 1889 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
Bruno married secondly to Countess Bertha of
Castell-Rüdenhausen
Castell-Rüdenhausen was a County in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the Counts of Castell. It was created as a partition of Castell and in 1806, it was mediatised to Bavaria.
On 7 Ma ...
, daughter of Adolf, Hereditary Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen and his wife Baroness Marie of Thüngen, on 30 September 1869 in
Rüdenhausen. Bruno and Bertha had eight children:
*Princess Emma of Ysenburg and Büdingen (28 August 1870
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 13 December 1944
Laubach
Laubach () is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the Gießen (region), Gießen region of Hesse, Germany. Laubach is known as a ', a climatic health resort. It is situated east of Gießen. Surrounding Laubach are the towns of Hungen, Grünbe ...
)
: ∞ Count Otto of Solms-Laubach (1860–1904) on 14 April 1898 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue, among which George Frederick, Count of
Solms-Laubach
Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of Solms had its origins in Solms, Hesse.
History
Solms-Laubach was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. In 1537 Philip, Count of S ...
(father of
Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach
Monika, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach; 8 August 1929 – 4 June 2015) was a German noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the second wife of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–19 ...
, wife of
Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and maternal grandfather of Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen).
*Princess Marie of Ysenburg and Büdingen (28 May 1875
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 22 October 1952
Gießen
Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students.
Th ...
).
*Wolfgang, 4th Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen (30 March 1877
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 29 July 1920
Gößweinstein
Gößweinstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the region known as Franconian Switzerland.
Districts
History
The first record of ''Goswinesteyn'' Castle is from 1076. Prior to 1102 the Hoch ...
)
: ∞ Countess Adelheid of
Rechteren-Limpurg (1881–1970) on 26 September 1901 in
Sommerhausen
Sommerhausen is a municipality and market town in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the n ...
; no issue.
*Princess Thekla of Ysenburg and Büdingen (16 October 1878
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 22 February 1950
Mistelbach)
: ∞ Manfred V, Prince of Collalto and San Salvatore (1870–1940) on 9 May 1901 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
*Princess Mathilde of Ysenburg and Büdingen (26 March 1880
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 25 April 1947 Herrnsheim)
: ∞ Cornelius, Baron Heyl of Herrnsheim (1874–1954) on 11 April 1907 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
*Princess Helene of Ysenburg and Büdingen (14 November 1881
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 22 March 1951
Gelnhausen
Gelnhausen () is a town, and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the Spessart range at the river Kinzig (Main), Kinzig. ...
).
*Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen (27 December 1883
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 30 May 1972
Glücksburg
Glücksburg (; ) is a small town northeast of Flensburg in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is Germany's northernmost town.
It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, Flensborg Fjord, an inlet ...
)
: ∞
Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) on 15 September 1920 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
*
Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen (10 February 1886
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
– 8 February 1980
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
).
: ∞ Count Ernst of
Lippe-Weissenfeld
The House of Lippe-Weissenfeld (German spelling: Lippe-Weißenfeld) was a comital and later princely cadet branch of the House of Lippe, a dynasty ruling the Principality of Lippe until the German Revolution of 1918–19.
Branches of the House ...
(1870–1914) on 21 November 1911 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
: ∞
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (''Leopold Julius Bernhard Adalbert Otto Karl Gustav''; 30 May 1871 – 30 December 1949) was the final sovereign of the Principality of Lippe in northwestern Germany from 1905 until his abdication in 1918. Prior t ...
(1871–1949) on 26 April 1922 in
Büdingen
Büdingen () is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses.
Geography
Location
Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vog ...
; had issue.
Life
Bruno studied law at the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...
. In 1857, he became a member of fraternity Saxonia Göttingen Corps. After graduation, he was
Imperial and Royal
The phrase Imperial and Royal (, ) refers to the court/government of the Habsburgs in a broader historical perspective. Some modern authors restrict its use to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918.
During that period, it in ...
Major.
Honours and awards
* :
** Knight of the
Ludwig Order, 1st Class, ''12 January 1860'';
Grand Cross, ''5 August 1879''
** Grand Cross of the
Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, with Swords, ''26 October 1866''
** Military Medical Cross, ''8 May 1872''
** Knight of the
Order of the Golden Lion, with Collar
*
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
: Knight of the
Order of the Iron Crown
The Order of the Iron Crown () was an order of merit that was established on 5 June 1805 in the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte under his title of Napoleon I, King of Italy.
The order took its name from the ancient Iron Crown of Lombard ...
, 1st Class, ''1880''
* : Grand Cross of the
Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown
The Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown () was an order of merit of the Kingdom of Bavaria established by King Maximilian Joseph I on 19 March 1808. The motto of the order is "Virtus et Honos" ('Courage and Honour').
The order was awarded in s ...
, ''1892''
*
Hanoverian Royal Family: Commander of the
Order of Ernst August
The Order of Ernst August () was founded 15 December 1865 by King George V of Hanover in memory of his father Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. The order was awarded for both civil and military merit. It was divided in five classes:
*Grand Cross
...
, 1st Class
*
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...
:
** Knight of Honour of the
Johanniter Order
The Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of Saint John or the Johanniter Order (German: ''Johanniterorden''), is the German Protestant branch of the Knights Hos ...
, ''1861''; Knight of Justice, ''1876''
** Knight of the
Royal Order of the Crown, 3rd Class with Red Cross on White Field and Commemoration Band, ''18 March 1872''
* : Grand Cross of the
Order of the White Falcon, ''1877''
* : Grand Cross of the
Albert Order
The Albert Order () was created on 31 December 1850 by King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to commemorate Albert III, Duke of Saxony (known as Albert the Bold). It was to be awarded to anyone who had served the state well, for civil virtue, s ...
, ''1877''
* : Grand Cross of the
Order of the Württemberg Crown, ''1892''
Ancestry
References
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1837 births
1906 deaths
People from Büdingen
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Princes of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Presidents of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
