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Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

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Bruno
Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Reign16 February 1861 – 26 January 1906
PredecessorErnst Casimir II
SuccessorWolfgang
Born(1837-06-14)14 June 1837
Büdingen, (Hesse), Germany
Died26 January 1906(1906-01-26) (aged 68)
Büdingen, (Hesse), Germany
SpousePrincess Mathilde of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen
IssuePrincess Hedwig
Princess Elisabeth
Princess Emma
Princess Marie
Wolfgang, 4th Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Princess Thekla
Princess Mathilde
Princess Helene
Princess Hertha
Princess Anna
Names
Bruno Casimir Albert Emil Ferdinand
HouseYsenburg and Büdingen
FatherErnst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
MotherCountess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau

Bruno Casimir Albert Emil Ferdinand of Ysenburg and Büdingen[citation needed] (14 June 1837[citation needed] – 26 January 1906[citation needed]) was the third[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Political career

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As a nobleman, Bruno was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1861 to 1906. He served as its president first between 1878 and 1889, and second between 1889 and 1900.

Marriage and issue

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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.[citation needed] Bruno and Mathilde had two daughters before Mathilde's death on 11 September 1867:[citation needed]

∞ Botho, Prince of Stolberg-Rossla (1850–1893) on 27 September 1883 in Büdingen; had issue.
∞ Count Kuno of Stolberg-Rossla (1862–1921) on 31 August 1902 in Rossla; no issue.
∞ Rudolf, Baron of Thüngen (1855–1929) on 25 September 1889 in Büdingen; had issue.

Bruno married secondly to Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen, daughter of Adolf, Hereditary Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen and his wife Baroness Marie of Thüngen, on 30 September 1869 in Rüdenhausen.[citation needed] Bruno and Bertha had eight children:[citation needed]

∞ Count Otto of Solms-Laubach (1860–1904) on 14 April 1898 in Büdingen; had issue, among which George Frederick, Count of Solms-Laubach (father of Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach, wife of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and maternal grandfather of Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen).
∞ Countess Adelheid of Rechteren-Limpurg (1881–1970) on 26 September 1901 in Sommerhausen; no issue.
∞ Manfred V, Prince of Collalto and San Salvatore (1870–1940) on 9 May 1901 in Büdingen; had issue.
∞ Cornelius, Baron Heyl of Herrnsheim (1874–1954) on 11 April 1907 in Büdingen; had issue.
Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) on 15 September 1920 in Büdingen; had issue.
∞ Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1870–1914) on 21 November 1911 in Büdingen; had issue.
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871–1949) on 26 April 1922 in Büdingen; had issue.

Life

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Bruno studied law at the University of Göttingen. In 1857, he became a member of fraternity Saxonia Göttingen Corps. After graduation, he was Imperial and Royal Major.

Honours and awards

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Hertha of Ysenburg and Budingen". Women in World History. Vol. 7. Waterford, Conn: Yorkin Publications. 2000. p. 271. ISBN 0-7876-4066-2.
  2. ^ a b "Landstände", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (in German), Darmstadt: Im Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, 1904, p. 98 – via hathitrust.org
  3. ^ "Großherzoglicher Ludewigs-orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (in German), Darmstadt: Im Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, 1877–1878, p. 16 – via hathitrust.org
  4. ^ a b Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1898, pp. 10, 34 – via hathitrust.org
  5. ^ "Militär-Sanitäts-Kreuz", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (in German), Darmstadt: Im Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, 1879, p. 158
  6. ^ "Ritter-Orden: Orden der Eisernen Krone", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German), Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1905, p. 95 – via alex.onb.ac.at
  7. ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German), Munich: Druck and Verlag, 1904, p. 26, retrieved 3 March 2021
  8. ^ Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1886, pp. 631, 1003 – via hathitrust.org
  9. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1880), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 26
  10. ^ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. p. 158 – via hathitrust.org.
  11. ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1896, p. 44
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Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Cadet branch of the House of Ysenburg
Born: 14 June 1837 Died: 26 January 1906
German nobility
Preceded by Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
16 February 1861 – 26 January 1906
Succeeded by
Wolfgang