Ernest II, Count of Mansfeld-Vorderort (6 December 1479 - 9 May 1531,
Artern) was a German nobleman from the Mansfeld-Vorderort line of the
House of Mansfeld. He was the fifth child and third son of Albert III (V), Count of Mansfeld, Lord in Mansfeld and Lord in Heldrungen (c.1450 - 3 December 1484, Leipzig) and succeeded him on his death.
His first marriage was in
Stolberg in 1500 to Barbara von Querfurt (c 1485 - 23. January 1511), daughter of Bruno VII (IX), the last lord (''Herr'') of Querfurt, and his wife Brigitte zu Stolberg (1468–1518).
Ernest's second marriage was to
Dorothea, Countess at Solms-Lich (25 January 1493 - 8 June 1578,
Mansfeld
Mansfeld (), sometimes also unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Protestant reformator Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in 1993 the town became one of sixteen places ...
), daughter of
Philip, Count of Solms-Lich (1468) and his wife Adriana von Hanau-Münzenberg (1470–1524). Two of his children by his second marriage were the military commander
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1517-1604) and Elisabeth (ca. 1516–1541), briefly wife of
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxony.
He was buried in the St Andreas Kirche in
Eisleben
Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as both the hometown of the influential theologian Martin Luther and the place where he died; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben.
First mentioned in the late 10th century ...
.
He is an ancestor of the
Brazilian imperial family by the Empress
Maria Leopoldina of Brazil.
Bibliography (in German)
* D. Schwennicke: ''Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge.'' Band XIX., Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2000, .
* D. Schwennicke: ''Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge.'' Band I.3, Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2000, .
* Berthold Schmidt: ''Die Reußen. Genealogie des Gesamthauses Reuß älterer und jüngerer Linie, sowie der ausgestorbenen Vogtslinien zu Weida, Gera und Plauen und der Burggrafen zu Meißen aus dem Hause Plauen.'' Schleiz 1903.
* Ludwig Ferdinand Niemann: ''Geschichte der Grafen von Mansfeld mit drei lithografischen Abbildungen.'' Verlag Lorleberg, 1834
(online auf: ''books.google.de'')
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