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Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein

Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein is a hereditary title associated with the German House of Isenburg.^[1] Prince Alexander of Isenburg (b. 1969) is the current Prince of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein.^[1]^[2]

History

Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein was created as a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen in 1511, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-Büdingen, and Isenburg-Offenbach in 1628.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 16th century, the late Gothic stone house of Büdingen was built by Count Ludwig II of Isenburg for his son, later known as Johann V of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein.^[3]

Birstein Castle has been the residence of the counts or princes of Isenburg since 1517.^[1] The counts were elevated to imperial princes in 1744.^[1]

Notable people

Karl II, Prince of Isenburg-Büdingen in Birstein

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "DAS FÜRSTENHAUS". Fürstenhaus Isenburg (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "IMPRESSUM". Fürstenhaus Isenburg (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "Burgen, Schlösser, Herrenhäuser – Steinernes Haus Büdingen". Landesgeschichtliches Informationssytem Hessen (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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Fürstenhaus Isenburg

Upper Rhenish Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Ecclesiastical

Basel
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Hersfeld
Metz¹
Odenheim–Bruchsal
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Toul¹
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Worms

Secular

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Hersfeld
Hesse
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- Kassel
- Marburg
- Rheinfels
Isenburg-Birstein
Lautern
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Salm
- Kyrburg
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Savoy
Simmern
Solms-Braunfels
Sponheim³
Veldenz
Waldeck³
Zweibrücken

Counts / Lords

With Imp. Diet seats	Hanau Lichtenberg Münzenberg⁴ Isenburg Birstein Büdingen Büdingen-Birstein Königstein Mainz Stolberg Kriechingen Leiningen Dagsburg Hardenburg Westerburg Salm Grehweiler Grumbach Solms Hohensolms Laubach Lich Rödelheim Wetterau Wittgenstein Berleburg Wittgenstein
Without	Bretzenheim Dagstuhl Falkenstein Isenburg Meerholz Wächtersbach Mensfelden Olbrück Reipoltskirchen Salm-Dhaun Wartenberg

Cities

Décapole	Colmar Hagenau Kaisersberg Landau Mülhausen⁵ Münster im Elsaß Oberehnheim Rosheim Schlettstadt Türkheim Weißenburg
Others	Frankfurt Friedberg Metz Speyer Straßburg Toul Verdun Wetzlar Worms