County of Isenburg#Principality of Isenburg
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The County of Isenburg was a region of Germany located in southern present-day Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau (located in the Rhineland-Palatinate), which partitioned in 1137 into Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern. These countships were partitioned between themselves many times over the next 700 years.
House of Isenburg
File:Isenburg 01.jpg (Lower Isenburg)]]
The House of Isenburg was an old aristocratic family of medieval Germany, named after the castle of Isenburg in Rhineland-Palatinate. Occasionally referred to as the House of Rommersdorf before the 12th century, the house originated in the Hessian comitatus of the Niederlahngau in the 10th century. It partitioned into the lines of Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern in 1137, before partitioning again into smaller units, but by 1500 only the lines of Isenburg-Büdingen (in Upper Isenburg) and Lower Isenburg remained. In 1664 the Lower Isenburg branch died out. The Büdingen line continued to partition, and by the beginning of the 19th century the lines of Isenburg-Büdingen, Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-Meerholz and Isenburg-Wächtersbach existed. Today still exist the (Roman Catholic) princes of Isenburg (at Birstein), the (Lutheran) princes of Ysenburg (at Büdingen and Ronneburg) and the (Lutheran) counts of Ysenburg-Philippseich.
"Family tree" of the Isenburg countships
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Isenburg, the original countship was divided upon the death of Count Rembold II in 1137 into:
- Isenburg (or Isenburg-Isenburg), 1137–1199, eventually dividing c. 1210 into:
- Isenburg-Braunsberg, 1210–1388, when it was renamed Isenburg-Wied. Isenburg-Wied, in turn, existed from 1388 to 1454, when it passed by marriage to the Lords of Runkel and was superseded by the Countship of Wied in 1462.
- Nieder-Isenburg (Lower Isenburg), 1218–1502 when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Grenzau, 1502–1664. After the death of Count Ernest in 1664 without direct heirs, his territories were claimed back as feudal tenures by the Archbishoprics of Cologne and Trier, and the Abbey-principality of Fulda. The core territories including Isenburg were passed on by Fulda to the Counts of Walderdorff. They had to share them according to a later agreement with the Counts of Wied, by then a cadet branch of the Isenburgs.
- Isenburg-Neumagen, 1502–1554, when it passed by marriage to the Counts of Sayn-Homburg.
- Isenburg-Kempenich, 1137–1424, when it passed to the Lords of Schöneck. In 1434, it passed to the Archbishop of Trier, who sold the territory to the Counts of Virneburg.
- Isenburg-Limburg-Covern, 1137–1158, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Covern, 1158–1306, when it passed to Isenburg-Cleberg.
- Isenburg-Grenzau, 1158–1258, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Limburg, 1258–1406, when it was annexed by the Archbishopric of Trier
- Isenburg-Grenzau, 1258–1287, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Grenzau, 1287–1290, when it passed to Isenburg-Cleberg.
- Isenburg-Arnfels, 1286–1379, when it passed to Isenburg-Wied.
- Isenburg-Cleberg, 1287–1340, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Grenzau, 1340–1439, when it passed to Nassau-Beilstein. It subsequently passed to the Archbishopric of Trier in 1446, and was finally purchased by the Counts of Nieder-Isenburg in 1460.
- Isenburg-Büdingen, 1340–1511, when it was divided into:
- Isenberg-Büdingen-Ronneburg, or Isenburg-Ronneburg, 1511–1601, when it was annexed by Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein
- Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (or Isenburg-Birstein), 1511–1628, which was divided into:
- Isenburg-Birstein, 1628–1664, when it passed to Isenburg-Offenbach
- Isenburg-Büdingen, 1628–1685, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Büdingen, 1685–1806, when it was mediatized to the Principality of Isenburg
- Isenburg-Wächtersbach, 1685–1806, when it was mediatized to the Principality of Isenburg
- Isenburg-Meerholz, 1685–1806, when it was mediatized to the Principality of Isenburg
- Isenburg-Marienborn, 1685–1725
- Isenburg-Offenbach, 1628–1711, when it was divided into:
- Isenburg-Birstein, 1711–1744, when it became the Principality of Isenburg-Birstein. The Principality existed from 1744 to 1806, when it was renamed the Principality of Isenburg, 1806–1814/5
- Isenburg-Eisenberg, 1711–1758, when it was absorbed back into the Principality of Isenburg-Birstein
- Isenburg-Philippseich, 1711–1806, when it was mediatized to the Principality of Isenburg
Principality of Isenburg
File:Coat of Arms of the Principality of Isenburg.svg
It was not until 1806 that there was a state called simply "Isenburg". When the Holy Roman Empire was defeated by Napoleon of France in that year, the empire was abolished and the Confederation of the Rhine was established amongst the various German states. As an incentive to join the Confederation, it was stated that any state which joined could mediatise their neighbours. Prince Charles of Isenburg-Birstein joined the Confederation and was granted the mediatized Isenburgian Countships of Isenburg-Büdingen, Isenburg-Meerholz, Isenburg-Philippseich, and Isenburg-Wächtersbach. His Principality was renamed to Isenburg.
The Principality continued under the rule of Prince Charles through the Napoleonic era, but was mediatised by Austria in December 1813, at the insistence of King Frederick William III of Prussia, who was angered that Isenburg had raised a regiment for French service by recruiting Prussian deserters and vagabonds.Treitschke, Heinrich. History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. I, page 609. Isenburg was one of only three original member princes of the Empire to be mediatized at the end of the Napoleonic era (the others being Leyen and prince-primate Dalberg, Prince of Aschaffenburg). This decision was confirmed at the Congress of Vienna. The lands of the principality were divided between the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
Rulers
=[[House of Isenburg]]=
==Partitions of Isenburg under House of Isenburg rule==
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| colspan=14 style="background: #fff;" |File:Armoiries d'Isembourg.svgCounty of Isenburg (1041-1199) |
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| colspan=3 style="background: #fedf;" |File:CoA Isenburg-Kempenich.svgCounty of | colspan=10 rowspan="2" style="background: #fda;" |County of Kobern |
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| colspan=1 rowspan="13" style="background: #fde;" |File:Arms of the house of Isenburg-Wied.svgCounty of Braunsberg (1199-1388) Renamed as: County of Wied (1388-1462) | colspan=3 style="background: #fedf;" | |
| colspan=1 rowspan="9" style="background: #fedf;" |File:CoA Isenburg-Kempenich.svgCounty of Kempenich (2nd creation) (1199-1430) | colspan=2 rowspan="11" style="background: #fff;" |File:CoA Lower-Isenburg.svgCounty of |
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| colspan=1 rowspan="7" style="background: #ade;" |File:Blason Jean II d'Isenbourg Seigneur de Limbourg sur Lahn.svgCounty of |
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| colspan=6 style="background: #def;" |File:Arms-Isenburg-Cleberg.pngCounty of Cleeberg (1167-1340) | colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" |County of | colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #adc;" |County of |
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| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #ceb;" |County of Grenzau (2nd creation) (1340-1439) | colspan=7 rowspan="8" style="background: #afc;" |File:Shield of the Principality of Isenburg.svgCounty of Büdingen |
| colspan=1 rowspan="5" style="background: #fde;" |Part of the County of Braunsberg (1371-1388) Renamed as: County of Wied (1388-1462) |
| colspan=1 rowspan="15" style="background: #eee;" |To Archbishopric of Trier |
| colspan=1 rowspan="15" style="background: #eee;" |To Lords of Schöneck (1424-1434), Archbishopric of Trier (1434) and Counts of Virneburg (from 1434) |
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |To Nassau-Beilstein (1439-1446) and Archbishopric of Trier (1446-1460) |
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| colspan=1 rowspan="12" style="background: #eee;" |To County of Wied
| colspan=1 rowspan="12" style="background: #eee;" |To County of Wied |
| colspan=2 rowspan="2"style="background: #fea898;" |County of Neumagen (1502-1563) | colspan=1 rowspan="5" style="background: #ceb;" |File:Arms-Isenburg-Lowyousal-after 1557.pngCounty of |
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fbe2a2;" |County of Ronneburg (1511-1601) | colspan=6 rowspan="2" style="background: #ffc;" |County of Birstein |
| colspan=2 rowspan="9" style="background: #eee;" |To County of Sayn-Homburg |
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| colspan=4 rowspan="2" style="background: #afc;" |County of Büdingen (2nd creation) (1628-1806) (mediatized to Isenburg-Birstein in 1806) | colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=2 style="background: #dc8;" | |
| colspan=1 rowspan="6" style="background: #eee;" |To Archbishopric of Trier, Archbishopric of Cologne and Abbots of Fulda
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| colspan=1 style="background: #cba;" |County of Marienborn (1673-1725) | colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" | | colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #ec6;" |File:Arms of Isenburg-Meerholz.svgCounty of Meerholz | colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #afc;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=2 style="background: #dc8;" |County of Offenbach |
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #dce;" |County of Wachtersbach (1673-1806) (mediatized to Isenburg-Birstein in 1806) | colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #dc8;" | | colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fbd;" |County of Philippseich |
| colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" |County of Birstein (2nd creation) (1685-1744) Raised to Principality of Birstein (1744-1806) |
| colspan=7 rowspan="1" style="background: #fff;" |File:Shield of the Principality of Isenburg.svgPrincipality of Isenburg (Isenburg-Birstein line) (1806-1815) (mediatized to Austria in 1815 and Hesse in 1816) |
==Table of rulers==
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! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes | ||||
| Gerlach (I)Given the uncertainty of previous counts pre-1090, the numbering of rulers in this table will start only after 1090 | |align="center"|966
|align="center"|1002 – 1018 | County of Lower Lahngau | Unknown at least two children |align="center"|1018 | First known member of the family. |
| Rembold (I) | |align="center"|c.1010? Son of Gerlach (I) |align="center"|1018 – 1072 |rowspan="3"|County of Isenburg (?) | Unknown at least one child |align="center"|1072 |rowspan="3"|First known members of the family. They possibly held already the county of Isenburg | ||
| Gerlach (II) | |align="center"|c.1010? Son of Gerlach (I) |align="center"|1018 – 1070 | Unmarried
|align="center"|c.1070 | ||
| Rembold (II) | |align="center"|1058 Son of Rembold (I) |align="center"|1072 – 1090 | Unknown at least two children |align="center"|c.1090 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1060 Son of Rembold (II) |rowspan="2" align="center"|1090 – 1115 |rowspan="2"|County of Isenburg | Unknown at least two children |align="center"|c.1115Hess, J. (ed.) (1901), Die Urkunde des Pfarrarchivs von St Severin in Köln, Köln, "Köln St Severin", 5, p. 8. |rowspan="2"|First members of the family firmly documented as Counts of Isenburg.See Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band I, 253, p. 163, and Hess, J. (ed.) (1901) Die Urkunde des Pfarrarchivs von St Severin in Köln (Köln) ("Köln St Severin"), 5, p. 8. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1060 Son of Rembold (II) | Unmarried | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1080 First son of Gerlach INiederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band I, 286, p. 187. |align="center"|1115 – 1137 |rowspan="2"|County of Isenburg | Catharina of Arnstein five children |align="center"|1137 |rowspan="2"|Brothers and co-rulers. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1080 Second son of Gerlach I |align="center"|1115 – 1120 | Unmarried | ||
| style="background:#fda;" | |align="center"|c.1110? First son of Rembold II and Catharina of Arnstein |align="center"|1137 – 1158 | County of Kobern | Jutta of Are three children |align="center"|1158 |rowspan="3" style="background:#fff;"|Sons of Rembold II, divided their inheritance. Siegfried didn't have documented children, so his land may have returned to Isenburg. After the childless death of Rembold III, his nephew Rembold IV kept Isenburg-Isenburg. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1110? Second son of Rembold II and Catharina of Arnstein |align="center"|1137 – 1162 | County of Isenburg | Unmarried
|align="center"|1162 | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1110? Third son of Rembold II and Catharina of Arnstein |align="center"|1137 – 1153 | County of Kempenich | Justina of Kempenich no children |align="center"|1153 | |
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|rowspan="2"|Rembold IV |rowspan="2"| |align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1130? |align="center" style="background:#fedf;|1153-1175 |style="background:#fedf;|County of Kempenich |rowspan="2"|Unknown |rowspan="2" align="center"|c.1175 |rowspan="3"| Children of Gerlach III, divided their inheritance. Rembold inherited his childless uncles' possessions, while Gerlach inherited the property of their father. | ||||
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|align="center"|1162-1175 | County of Isenburg | |||
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|Gerlach IVSome sources (as the English wiki article itself), conflate Gerlach IV (d.1167, documented in 1158) and Gerlach V (d.1217, documented in 1179) in one person; however, this also conflates Henry I of Cleeberg (d.1220) and Rembold IV (d.1175) in the same generation as brothers. This, given Rembold and Henry's different life-spans, is fairly unlikely. For the 1158 document, see Trier Diplomatica (Hontheim), I, CCCCI, p. 586. For the 1179 one, see Codex diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus, Theil I, 201, p. 431. | |align="center"|c.1130? Second son of Gerlach III and Jutta of Are |align="center"|1158 – 1167 | County of Kobern | Unknown of Covern three children Unknown of Leiningen two children |align="center"|1167 | |
| style="background:#fda;" | |align="center"|c.1150? First son of Gerlach IV |align="center"|1167 – 1217 | County of Kobern | Unknown two children |align="center"|1217 |rowspan="2"| Children of Gerlach IV, divided their inheritance. | |
| style="background:#def;" | |align="center"|c.1150? Second son of Gerlach IV |align="center"|1167 – 1227 | County of Cleeberg | Irmgard of Büdingen (d.c.1220) eight children |align="center"|1227 | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | Rembold V | |align="center"|c.1160? First son of Rembold IV |align="center"|1175 – 1215 | County of Kempenich | Hedwig, Lady of Kempenich two children |align="center"|c.1215Last documented in 1210. See Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch II, 261, p. 302. |rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"| Sons of Rembold IV, may have ruled jointly until 1199, when they made official the division of the inheritance. |
| style="background:#fde;" | Bruno I | |align="center"|c.1160? First son of Rembold IV |align="center"|1175 – 1210 | County of Braunsberg | Theodora of Wied (d.1218) four children |align="center"|1210Codex diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus, Theil I, 247, p. 500. |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|1176 Son of Bruno I and Theodora of Wied |align="center"|1210 – 1255 | County of Braunsberg | Johanna two children |align="center"|1255Isenburg-Wied-Runkel (1775), Urkunden, LXXIII, p. 88 | |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1190 First son of Rembold V and Hedwig of Kempenich |align="center"|1215 – 1219 | County of Lower Isenburg | Unknown at least one child |align="center"|1219 |rowspan="3"| Children of Rembold V, divided their inheritance. | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | Theodoric I | |align="center"|c.1190 Second son of Rembold V and Hedwig of Kempenich |align="center"|1215 – 1251 |rowspan="2"|County of Kempenich | Judith of Blankenheim (d.1252) one child Adelaide (d.1258)two children |align="center"|1251 | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1200? Third son of Rembold V and Hedwig of Kempenich |align="center"|1215 – 1264 | Kunigunda of Büdingen-Gelnhausen (d.c.1250) one child |align="center"|1264 | ||
| style="background:#fda;" | |align="center"|c.1170 First son of Gerlach V |rowspan="2" align="center"|1217 – 1235 |rowspan="2"|County of Kobern | Judith (d. July 1253) two children |align="center"|c.1235 |rowspan="2"|Sons of Gerlach V, possibly ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#fda;" | |align="center"|c.1170 Second son of Gerlach V | Unmarried
|align="center"|c.1235 | ||
| style="background:#def;" | |align="center"|c.1200? First son of Henry I and Irmgard of Büdingen |align="center"|1220 – 29 September 1278 | County of Cleeberg | Matilda of Hochstaden (d.1264) 1246 eight children |align="center"|29 September 1278 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Henry I, rule jointly until 1258, when they officially divided the land between them. | |
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|Gerlach ISometimes counted as Gerlach IV after Gerlach III of Kobern. | |align="center"|c.1210? Second son of Henry I and Irmgard of Büdingen |align="center"|1220 – January 1289 | County of Limburg | Imagina of Blieskastel (1233-1281) five children |align="center"|January 1289 | |
| style="background:#fda;" | |align=center|c.1210 Son of Gerlach VI and Judith |align=center|1235 – 1269 | County of Kobern | Matilda c.1235 no children |align=center|1269 | Didn't have children, and the county passed to his sister. |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Theodoric I, Count of Kempenich (1219-1224) |rowspan="2"|Like his uncle, regent and namesake in Lower Isenburg, he may have been also involved in the government of Kempenich. | ||||
| style="background:#fff;" | Theodoric the Younger | |align=center|c.1210? Son of Salentin I |align=center|1219 – 1273 | County of Lower Isenburg | Judith of Merenberg (d.1263) four children |align=center|1273Codex diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus, Theil II, 247, p. 376 |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align=center|c.1210 Son of Bruno II and Johanna |align=center|1255 – 29 September 1278 | County of Braunsberg | Sophia of Runkel (d. 26 March 1266) one child Isolda of Heinsberg (d.c.1290) c.1270 two children |align=center|29 September 1278Isenburg-Wied-Runkel (1775), Urkunden, LVI, 73. | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align=center|c.1240? Son of Theodoric I and Judith of Blankenheim |align=center|1264 – 1276 |rowspan="2"|County of Kempenich | Unmarried
|align=center|1276 |rowspan="2"| Children of Theodoric II, possibly ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align=center|c.1255 Son of Theodoric I and Adelaide |align=center|1264 – 1287 | Beatrice (d.c.1275) four children |align=center|1287 | ||
| style="background:#fda;" | |align=center|c.1210 Daughter of Gerlach VI and Judith |align=center|1269 – 1275 | County of Kobern | Frederick of Vianden c.1225? at least one child |align=center|c. 1275 | Sister of Henry II, inherited Kobern. |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.1230? Son of Theodoric and Judith of Merenberg |align=center|1275 – 1297 | County of Lower Isenburg | Agnes of Runkel (d.1316) ten children |align=center|1297 | |
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|Frederick (II)Counted as II given his father his numbered I as co-ruler of Cecilia. | |align=center|c.1230? Son of Frederick of Vianden and Cecilia |align=center|1275 – 1281 | County of Kobern | Irmgard of Esch (1220-1292) c.1250 four children |align=center|1281 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Isolda of Heinsberg (c.1278-1284) |rowspan="3"| Associated his son Bruno to the county, but he predeceased him. | ||||
| style="background:#fde;" | |align=center|c.1270 Son of Bruno III and Isolda of Heinsberg |align=center|29 September 1278 – 1327 |rowspan="2"|County of Braunsberg | Agnes of Lower Isenburg (d.1316) 1294 seven children Margaret of Vickerode (d.1324) no children |align=center|1327 | ||
| style="background:#fde;" | |align=center|c.1305 Son of John I and Agnes of Lower Isenburg |align=center|c.1320 – 23 August 1325 | Heilwig of Katzenelnbogen (d.1346) 2 December 1312 four children |align=center|23 August 1325 | ||
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|align=center|c.1250? |align=center|29 September 1278 – 1304 | County of Cleeberg | Heilwig of Tübingen-Giessen (d.c.1295) seven children |align=center|1304 |rowspan="3"| Sons of Henry II, divided the land between them. Eberhard left no heirs and his portion was inherited by his brother Louis. | |
| style="background:#adc;" | |align=center|c.1250? Second son of Henry II and Matilda of Hochstaden |align=center|29 September 1278 – 1305 | County of Arenfels | Elisabeth of Clèves (1236-1290) five children |align=center|c.1305 | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align=center|c.1250? Third son of Henry II and Matilda of Hochstaden |align=center|29 September 1278 – 25 November 1292 | County of Grenzau | Isolda of Heinsberg (d.c.1290) one child |align=center|25 November 1292 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"| Grenzau annexed to Cleberg | ||||
| style="background:#fda;" | |align=center|c.1250? Son of Frederick and Irmgard of Esch |align=center|1281 – 1306 | County of Kobern | Elisabeth of Eppstein (d.1320) 26 May 1272 Kobern-Gondorf no children |align=center|1306 | Left no descendants. After his death, Kobern was annexed to the County of Cleeberg. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Kobern annexed to Cleberg | ||||
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1270? First son of Gerard I and Beatrice |align="center"|1287 – 1325 |rowspan="2"|County of Kempenich | Kunigunde of Solms (d.1344) two children |align="center"|c.1325 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Gerard I, ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1270? Second son of Gerard I and Beatrice |align="center"|1287 – 1320 | Agnes of Trier 1293 two children |align="center"|c.1320 | ||
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|align="center"|1266 |align="center"|January 1289 – 19 September 1312 | County of Limburg | Elisabeth of Geroldseck-Veldenz (1266-1285) two children Uda of Ravensberg 25 August 1292 five children |align="center"|19 September 1312 | |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1280? Son of Salentin II and Agnes of Runkel |align="center"|1297 –1351 | County of Lower Isenburg | Catharina one child Matilda of Isenburg-Kobern (d.1350) 1304 six children |align="center"|1351 | |
| style="background:#def;" | |align="center"|c.1290 Son of Louis and Heilwig of Tübingen-Giessen |align="center"|1304 – 4 February 1341 | County of Cleeberg | Isengard of Falkenstein-Münzenberg 1318 five children |align="center"|4 February 1341 | |
| style="background:#adc;" | |align=center|c.1280? First son of Gerlach I and Elisabeth of Clèves |align=center|1305 – 1334 | County of Arenfels (at Herschbach) | Hedwig of Neuenahr (d.c.1330) 14 August 1304 five children |align=center|1334 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Gerlach I, divided their inheritance. | |
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|John | |align=center|c.1280? Second son of Gerlach I and Elisabeth of Clèves |align=center|1305 – 17 November 1348 | County of Arenfels (at Arenfels proper) | Catharina no children Jutta of Arscheid (d.c.1385) no children |align=center|17 November 1348 | |
| style="background:#ade;" | |align="center"|c.1295 Son of John I and Uda of Ravensberg |align="center"|19 September 1312 – 14 April 1355 | County of Limburg | Agnes of Nassau-Siegen 1312 three children Kunigunde of Wertheim 20 December 1323 eight children |align="center"|14 April 1355 | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1290? First son of Theodoric III and Kunigunde of Solms |align="center"|1325 – 1339 |rowspan="3"|County of Kempenich | Catharina of Sayn (d.c.1345) one child |align="center"|1339 |rowspan="3"| Cousins, ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1290? Second son of Theodoric III and Kunigunde of Solms |align="center"|1329 – 1341 |rowspan="2"|Unmarried |align="center"|1341 | |||
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|align="center"|c.1290 |align="center"|1329 – 1335 |align="center"|c.1335 | |||
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|c.1315 Son of Bruno IV and Heilwig of Katzenelnbogen |align="center"|1327 – 17 July 1383 | County of Braunsberg | Agnes of Virneburg (d.1352/3) 1329 (annulled 12 September 1351) five children Johanna of Jülich (d.1362) 27 July 1354 one child Lysa, Countess of Isenburg-Arenfels 11 November 1362 two children |align="center"|17 July 1383Clervaux (1883), 501, p.100. | Grandson of John I. |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1310? Son of Simon II and Catharina of Sayn |align="center"|1341 – 1360 | County of Kempenich | Hedwig of Schönberg (d.1367) six children |align="center"|c.1360 | |
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|Henry ISometimes numbered II in reference to his uncle, Henry, who died in 1298, even before his father's ascension. | |align="center"|1320 First son of Lothar and Isengard of Falkenstein-Münzenberg |align="center"|4 February 1341 – 1379 | County of Büdingen | Adelaide of Hanau 29 July 1332 six children |align="center"|1379 |rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"| Sons of Lothar, divided their inheritance. | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|c.1320 Second son of Lothar and Isengard of Falkenstein-Münzenberg |align="center"|4 February 1341 – 22 March 1370 | County of Grenzau | Margaret of Katzenelnbogen (d.9 July 1370) 1338 two children |align="center"|22 March 1370 | |
| style="background:#adc;" | |align="center"|c.1310? Son of Theodoric and Hedwig of Neuenahr |align="center"|17 November 1348 – 14 August 1371 | County of Arenfels | Elisabeth of Braunshorn (d.15 November 1339) six children Demut of Roesberg (d.c.1365) two children |align="center"|14 August 1371 | |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1320 Son of Salentin III and Matilda of Isenburg-Kobern |align="center"|1351 – 1364 | County of Lower Isenburg | Catharina of Solms-Sponheim 25 February 1341 two children |align="center"|1364 | |
| style="background:#ade;" | |align="center"|c.1325 First son of Gerlach II and Kunigunde of Wertheim |align="center"|14 April 1355 – April 1366 | County of Limburg | Elizabeth of Falkenstein (d. 9 April 1366) 9 November 1356 no children |align="center"|April 1366 | Died of Black Death, without male heirs. |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1340? First son of Simon III and Hedwig of Schönberg |align="center"|1360 – 1414 |rowspan="4"|County of Kempenich |rowspan="2"|Unmarried |align="center"|1414 |rowspan="4"| Sons of Simon III, ruled jointly. The death of the last one of them with no male descendants led to the annexation of the land to the Lords of Schöneck. | |||
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1340? Second son of Simon III and Hedwig of Schönberg |align="center"|1360 – 1378 |align="center"|1378 | |||
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|John | |align="center"|c.1340? Third son of Simon III and Hedwig of Schönberg |align="center"|1360 – 1424 | Gertrude of Hückelhoven (d.1421) one child |align="center"|1424 | ||
| style="background:#fedf; | |align="center"|c.1340? Fourth son of Simon III and Hedwig of Schönberg |align="center"|1360 – 1388 | Elisabeth of Schönkeen no children |align="center"|1388 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1345 Son of Salentin IV and Catharina of Solms-Sponheim |align="center"|1364 – 30 November 1420 | County of Lower Isenburg | Adelaide of Isenburg-Arenfels 6 May 1371 ten children |align="center"|30 November 1420 | |
| style="background:#ade;" | |align="center"|c.1330? Second son of Gerlach II and Kunigunde of Wertheim |align="center"|April 1366 – 26 January 1406 | County of Limburg | Hildegard of Saarwerden (d.1419) two children |align="center"|26 January 1406 | Originally went into clergy. However, after his brother's death with no heirs, and with the permission of Pope Urban V, John put aside the office of Canon of Trier Cathedral and took over the rule of Limburg. He left no male heirs. The land went to the Archbishopric of Trier. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Isenburg-Limburg was annexed to the Archbishopric of Trier | ||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|1356 Son of Philip I and Margaret of Katzenelnbogen |align="center"|22 March 1370 – 1399 | County of Grenzau | Matilda of the Mark (d.6 August 1406) 1371 five children |align="center"|1399 | |
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|Lysa | |align="center"|c.1350? Daughter of Gerlach II and Demut of Roesberg |align="center"|14 August 1371 – 30 November 1403 | County of Arenfels | William I, Count of Isenburg-Braunsberg 11 November 1362 two children |align="center"|30 November 1403 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Arenfels was inherited by Braunsberg/Wied | ||||
| style="background:#afc;" | |align="center"|1325 Son of Henry I and Adelaide of Hanau |align="center"|1379 – 24 February 1395 | County of Büdingen | Sophia of Wertheim (d.1389) 1355 two children |align="center"|24 February 1395 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|1352 Son of William I and Agnes of Virneburg |align="center"|17 July 1383 – 1409 | County of Braunsberg (until 1388) County of Wied (from 1388) | Unmarried
|align="center"|c.1409 | Left no descendants. |
| style="background:#afc;" | |align="center"|1360 Son of John I and Sophia of Wertheim |align="center"|24 February 1395 – 1408 | County of Büdingen | Margaret of Katzenelnbogen 1385 two children |align="center"|1408 | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|1376 Son of Eberhard and Matilda of the Mark |align="center"|1399 – 1440 | County of Grenzau | Catharina of Lower Isenburg (d.15 July 1441) 17 January 1395 no children |align="center"|1440 | His childless death determined that the county was inherited by his nephews from Nassau-Beilstein, sons of his elder sister Matilda. In 1460, through his other sister Maria, her descendants would recover this county to Isenburg property. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Annexed to the County of Nassau-Beilstein (1439), to the Archbishopric of Trier (1446) and the County of Lower Isenburg (1460) | ||||
| style="background:#afc;" | |align="center"|1390 Son of John II and Margaret of Katzenelnbogen |align="center"|1408 – 20 November 1461 | County of Büdingen | Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels 26 July 1409 eight children |align="center"|20 November 1461 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|c.1365 Son of William I and Lysa of Isenburg-Arenfels |align="center"|1409 – 1413 | County of Wied | Agnes of Isenburg-Büdingen 27 September 1376Isenburg-Wied-Runkel (1775), Urkunden, CIII, 120. four children |align="center"|1413 | Half-brother of William II, ruled in Arenfels since 1403. |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|c.1380? First son of Gerlach and Agnes of Isenburg-Büdingen |align="center"|1413 – 22 October 1462 | County of Wied (at Wied and 1/2 Arenfels) | Margaret of Moers no children Philippa of Heinsberg (d.14 January 1464) 10 April 1402 no children |align="center"|22 October 1462 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Gerlach, divided their inheritance. John left his inheritance to his daughter Anastasia, who married Dietrich IV, Lord of Runkel. After William's death, his part of the domain went to Dietrich IV, inheritor of the by then dead spouse's patrimony. | |
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|c.1380? Second son of Gerlach and Agnes of Isenburg-Büdingen |align="center"|1413 – 1454 | County of Wied (at Braunsberg and 1/2 Arenfels) | Agnes of Westerburg (d.1415) 1400 two children Kunigunde of Westerburg (d. 2 February 1428) 1415 no children Kunigunde of Saffenberg (d.1454) 1428 no children |align="center"|1454 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Wied and 1/2 Arenfels annexed to the Runkel family | ||||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1380? Son of Salentin V and Adelaide of Isenburg-Arenfels |align="center"|30 November 1420 – 1458 | County of Lower Isenburg | Adelaide of Isenberg-Grenzau no children Maria of Isenberg-Grenzau ten children |align="center"|1458 | |
| style="background:#fedf;" | |align="center"|c.1405? Daughter of John and Gertrude of Hückelhoven |align="center"|1424 – 1430 | County of Kempenich | Peter of Schöneck 1411 at least one child |align="center"|c.1430 | Heir of Kempenich, married the Lord of Schöneck, who eventually won the War of Succession that followed John's death in 1424. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Kempenich annexed to the Lordship of Schöneck (1424-1434), the Archbishopric of Trier (1434) and then to the County of Virneburg | ||||
| style="background:#fde;" | |align="center"|c.1410 Daughter of John II and Agnes of Westerburg |align="center"|1454 – 1460 | County of Wied (at Braunsberg and 1/2 Arenfels) | Theodoric IV, Lord of Runkel 1427 no children |align="center"|1460 | Inherited her father's domains. After her death in 1460 the Runkel family inherited her part of the land, and the other would be inherited after her uncle William II's death. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Braunsberg and 1/2 Arenfels annexed to the Runkel family | ||||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1410? Son of Salentin VI and Maria of Isenberg-Grenzau |align="center"|1458 – 6 May 1488 | County of Lower Isenburg | Jutta of Eppenstein (d.1451) four children |align="center"|6 May 1488 | |
| style="background:#afc;" | |align="center"|1422 Son of Diether and Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels |align="center"|20 November 1461 – 4 June 1511 |align="center"|4 June 1511 | County of Büdingen | Maria of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1 December 1452 ten children | |
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|c.1450 First son of Gerlach I and Jutta of Eppenstein |align="center"|6 May 1488 – 18 July 1502 |rowspan="2"|County of Lower Isenburg | Hildegard von Zirk (1430-1478) seven children |align="center"|18 July 1502 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Gerlach II, ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align="center"|1456 Third son of Gerlach I and Jutta of Eppenstein |align="center"|6 May 1488 – 17 January 1505 | Unmarried
|align="center"|17 January 1505 | ||
| style="background:#fea898;" | |align="center"|c.1470 First son of Gerlach II and Hildegard von Zirk |align="center"|18 July 1502 – 24 September 1534 | County of Neumagen | Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen (1475-4 June 1538) nine children |align="center"|24 September 1534 |rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"| Children of Gerlach II, divided their inheritance after their uncle's death in 1505. | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|c.1490 Second son of Gerlach II and Hildegard von Zirk |align="center"|18 July 1502 – 9 September 1530 | County of Grenzau | Anastasia of Moers (d.24 October 1557) 5 July 1494 eleven children |align="center"|9 September 1530 | |
| style="background:#fbe2a2;" | |align="center"|20 March 1467 Büdingen First son of Louis II and Maria of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |align="center"|4 June 1511 – 22 February 1526 | County of Ronneburg | Amalia of Rieneck 19 November 1495 Büdingen six children |align="center"|22 February 1526 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Louis II, divided the county between them. | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | |align="center"|1476 Büdingen Third son of Louis II and Maria of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |align="center"|4 June 1511 – 18 May 1533 | County of Birstein | Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 17 June 1516 Arnstadt seven children |align="center"|18 May 1533 | |
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|align="center"|2 August 1501 |align="center"|22 February 1526 – 25 October 1560 | County of Ronneburg | Elisabeth of Wied 19 October 1523 Wied sixteen children Katharina Gumpel (1530-18 September 1559) 16 February 1554 four children |align="center"|25 October 1560 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Anastasia of Moers (1530-1535) |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|5 January 1521 Son of Gerlach III and Anastasia of Moers |align="center"|9 September 1530 – 1553 | County of Grenzau | Margaret of Wertheim (d.25 March 1538) 2 September 1533 five children |align="center"|1553 | |
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|align="center"|1518 |align="center"|18 May 1533 – 28 February 1568 |rowspan="3"|County of Birstein | Elisabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen 1542 one child Margaret of Mansfeld (1520-1573) 4 May 1551 Rudolstadt no children |align="center"|28 February 1568 |rowspan="3"| Sons of John III, ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#ffc;" | |align="center"|23 May 1526 Büdingen Third son of John III and Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg |align="center"|18 May 1533 – 5 April 1596 | Irmengard of Solms-Braunfels 31 October 1559 Birstein ten children |align="center"|5 April 1596 | ||
| style="background:#ffc;" | |align="center"|30 May 1529 Büdingen Fourth son of John III and Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg |align="center"|18 May 1533 – 7 February 1588 | Anna Sybilla of Schwarzburg (25 October 1540 – 3 August 1578) 24 June 1571 Arnstadt four children Maria of Hohnstein (1558-2 February 1586) 13 August 1581 Offenbach am Main two children |align="center"|7 February 1588 | ||
| style="background:#fea898;" | |align="center"|c.1520 Second son of Salentin VII and Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen |align="center"|24 September 1534 – 1544 |rowspan="2"|County of Neumagen | Unmarried
|align="center"|1544 |rowspan="2"| Sons of Salentin VII, ruled jointly. After their childless deaths, the county is inherited by their sister. | ||
| style="background:#fea898;" | |align="center"|c.1534 Third son of Salentin VII and Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen |align="center"|24 September 1534 – 13 February 1554 | Antonia Penelope van Brederode (d.30 June 1591) 4 September 1547 ten children |align="center"|13 February 1554 | ||
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|1534 Second son of Henry and Margaret of Wertheim |align="center"|1553 – 15 November 1565 | County of Grenzau | Erica of Manderscheid-Schleiden (d.23 December 1587) 22 August 1563 Grenzau no children |align="center"|15 November 1565 | |
| style="background:#fea898;" | |align="center"|c.1500 Daughter of Salentin VII and Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen |align="center"|13 February 1554 – 8 August 1563 | County of Neumagen | William I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein 1522 seven children |align="center"|8 August 1563 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Neumagen annexed to the County of Sayn | ||||
| style="background:#fbe2a2;" | |align="center"|10 September 1528 Ronneburg Second son of Anton I and Elisabeth of Wied |align="center"|25 October 1560 – 29 June 1577 | Isenburg-Ronneburg (from 1566 in Ronneburg) | Barbara of Wertheim (1531-17 September 1600) 21 May 1552 no children |align="center"|29 June 1577 |rowspan="3"| Sons of Anton, divided their patrimony, Henry, the last surviving brother, reunited it, but left no descendants. After his death, Ronneburg was reabsorbed into Birstein. | |
| style="background:#fbe2a2;" | |align="center"|12 June 1533 Ronneburg Third son of Anton I and Elisabeth of Wied |align="center"|25 October 1560 – 20 December 1597 | Isenburg-Ronneburg (from 1566 in Kelsterbach) | Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg 26 October 1563 (annulled 1573) one child Ursula of Solms-Braunfels 16 December 1577 no children Ursula of Gleichen-Remda (d. September 1625) 19 September 1585 no children |align="center"|20 December 1597 | |
| style="background:#fbe2a2;" | |align="center"|13 September 1537 Ronneburg Fifth son of Anton I and Elisabeth of Wied |align="center"|25 October 1560 – 31 May 1601 | Isenburg-Ronneburg (1566-1597 in Ronneburg; in the entire county from 1597) | Maria of Rappoltstein (5 July 1551 – 15 October 1571) 1569 no children Elisabeth of Gleichen-Tona (1554-19 July 1616) 1572 no children |align="center"|31 May 1601 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Ronneburg was annexed to Birstein | ||||
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|align="center"|1532 |align="center"|15 November 1565 – 19 March 1610 | County of Grenzau | Antonia Wilhelmina of Arenberg (1 March 1557 - 26 February 1626) 10 December 1577 two children |align="center"|19 March 1610 | Originally Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, he abdicated of his post to inherit his childless brother's county. |
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|align="center"|29 December 1560 |align="center"|5 April 1596 – 21 May 1633 | County of Birstein | Anna of Gleichen-Remda 26 September 1585 Birstein eight children Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg 16 April 1603 Frankfurt am Main one child Juliana of Sayn-Wittgenstein 19 April 1616 four children Sabine von Saalfeld (d.1635) c.1630 (morganatic) no children |align="center"|21 May 1633 | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | |align="center"|c.1580 First son of Salentin IX and Antonia Wilhelmina of Arenberg |align="center"|19 March 1610 – 5 December 1619 | County of Grenzau | Unmarried
|align="center"|5 December 1619 | Died childless. |
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|align="center"|1584 |align="center"|5 December 1619 – 30 May 1664 | County of Grenzau | Caroline Ernestine of Arenberg (6 September 1606 – 12 September 1630) 1 September 1625 no children Maria Anna of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1614 – 7 March 1670) 1636 Fürstenberg one child |align="center"|30 May 1664 | Left no male descendants. |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Grenzau divided between the Archbishopric of Trier, Archbishopric of Cologne and Abbots of Fulda | ||||
| style="background:#dc8;" | |align="center"|21 October 1588 Offenbach First son of Wolfgang Ernest I and Anna of Gleichen-Remda |align="center"|21 May 1633 – 27 February 1638 | County of Offenbach | Maria Magdalene of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 12 September 1609 Büdingen thirteen children |align="center"|27 February 1638 |rowspan="4" style="background:#ffc;"| Sons of Wolfgang Ernest I, divided their inheritance. William Otto didn't have descendants and his feud was briefly annexed to Offenbach, before it generates a new branch in 1685. | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | |align="center"|6 November 1597 Birstein Fourth son of Wolfgang Ernest I and Anna of Gleichen-Remda |align="center"|21 May 1633 – 17 July 1667 | County of Birstein | Catharina Elisabeth of Hanau-Munzenberg (1 September 1607 – 24 September 1647) 7 November 1628 no children Anna Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg 24 October 1648 Birstein no children |align="center"|17 July 1667 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Council of Regency, in Büdingen only (1633-1643) | ||||
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|align="center"|21 June 1625 |align="center"|21 May 1633 – 8 October 1673 | County of Büdingen | Maria Charlotte of Erbach-Erbach 15 June 1650 Wächtersbach twelve children |align="center"|8 October 1673 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Isenburg-Birstein annexed to Isenburg-Offenbach | ||||
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Maria Magdalene of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1638-1640) |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| style="background:#dc8;" | |align="center"|14 February 1622 Birstein Son of Wolfgang Henry and Maria Magdalene of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |align="center"|27 February 1638 – 23 February 1685 | County of Offenbach | Maria Juliana of Hanau-Munzenberg (15 January 1617 – 28 October 1643) 7 October 1643 Hanau no children Louise of Nassau-Dillenburg 10 February 1646 Dillenburg eleven children Maria Juliana Blingen (d.1677) 27 January 1666 Hanau (morganatic) six children |align="center"|23 February 1685 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Maria Charlotte of Erbach-Erbach (1673-1691) |rowspan="5"|Sons of John Ernest I, ruled under their mother during their minority, and then divided the land once more. | ||||
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|align="center"|10 July 1660 |align="center"|8 October 1673 – 23 September 1693 | County of Büdingen | Sophie Elisabeth of Isenburg-Offenbach 12 April c.1680 Offenbach am Main eight children |align="center"|23 September 1693 | |
| style="background:#dce;" | |align="center"|3 January 1662 Büdingen Seventh son of John Ernest I and Maria Charlotte of Erbach-Erbach |align="center"|8 October 1673 – 14 March 1703 | County of Wächtersbach | Albertine Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (29 January 1663 – 29 November 1711) 1 July 1685 Berleburg fourteen children |align="center"|14 March 1703 | |
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|align="center"|1 May 1664 |align="center"|8 October 1673 – 11 February 1724 | County of Meerholz | Amalia Henriette of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 11 July 1691 Meerholz six children |align="center"|11 February 1724 | |
| style="background:#cba;" | |align="center"|27 January 1667 Büdingen Eighth son of John Ernest I and Maria Charlotte of Erbach-Erbach |align="center"|8 October 1673 – 16 March 1725 | County of Marienborn | Anna Belgica Florentina of Solms-Laubach (9 September 1663 – 21 April 1707) 5 May 1690 Laubach four children |align="center"|16 March 1725 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Marienborn was annexed to Wächtersbach | ||||
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|align="center"|3 December 1655 |align="center"|23 February 1685 – 21 September 1718 | County of Offenbach | Charlotte Amalia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Landsberg (24 May 1653 – 9 August 1707)19 July 1678 no children Frederica Wilhelmina Charlotte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 22 July 1708 one child |align="center"|21 September 1718 |rowspan="2"| Sons of John Louis, redivided their inheritance. | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | |align="center"|3 August 1657 Offenbach am Main Fourth son of John Louis and Louise of Nassau-Dillenburg |align="center"|23 February 1685 – 8 March 1711 | County of Birstein | Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen 3 November 1679 Birstein sixteen children Anna Ernestina Sofia von Kvernheim (1660-30 September 1708) 1700 no children Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (13 April 1659 – 15 September 1733) 1709 Niederweisel no children |align="center"|8 March 1711 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Council of Regency (1693-1701) |rowspan="2"|Died childless. He was succeeded by his brother. | ||||
| style="background:#afc;" | |align=center|3 April 1683 Büdingen Second son of John Casimir and Sophie Elisabeth of Isenburg-Offenbach |align=center|23 September 1693 – 31 May 1708 | County of Büdingen | Unmarried
|align=center|31 May 1708 | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Albertine Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1703-1710) |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|12 January 1692 Wächtersbach Son of Ferdinand Maximilian I and Albertine Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |align=center|14 March 1703 – 22 April 1755 | County of Wächtersbach | Albertine Ernestine of Isenburg-Büdingen (25 August 1692 – 11 June 1724) 28 May 1713 Büdingen nine children Ernestine Wilhelmine of Stolberg-Gedern 7 December 1725 Wächtersbach eight children |align=center|22 April 1755 | |
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|align=center|12 May 1687 |align=center|31 May 1708 – 15 October 1749 | County of Büdingen | Christine Eleonore of Stolberg-Gedern 8 August 1708 Gedern eight children |align=center|15 October 1749 | Brother of John Ernest II. |
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|align=center|5 April 1666 |align=center|8 March 1711 – 15 April 1754 | County of Birstein | Friederike Elisabeth of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg (16 January 1681 – 11 January 1717) 27 November 1707 Weilburg seven children Elisabeth Charlotte of Isenburg-Marienborn (7 November 1695 – 23 September 1723) 27 January 1719 Marienborn two children Charlotte Amalia of Isenburg-Meerholz 22 May 1725 six children |align=center|15 April 1754 |rowspan="2"| Sons of William Maurice I, divided the land between them. | |
| style="background:#fbd;" | |align=center|23 July 1688 Birstein Fourth son of William Maurice I and Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen |align=center|8 March 1711 – 7 March 1772 | County of Philippseich | Amalia Louisa von Donna-Lauk-Reichertswalde (27 February 1763 – 20 April 1800) 3 January 1712 Birstein three children Philippine Louise of Stolberg-Gedern 2 April 1725 Gedern twelve children | 7 March 1772 Dreieich aged 84 |
| style="background:#ec6;" | |align=center|27 November 1700 Son of George Albert and Amalia Henriette of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |align=center|11 February 1724 – 14 March 1774 | County of Meerholz | Elisabeth Friederike Juliana of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim (23 September 1703 – 1 June 1762) 11 July 1691 Meerholz twelve children |align=center|14 March 1774 | |
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|align="center"|25 August 1710 |align="center"|15 October 1749 – 15 December 1775 | County of Büdingen | Auguste Friederike of Stolberg-Wernigerode (4 September 1743 – 9 January 1783) 24 September 1768 Christinenhof eight children |align="center"|15 December 1775 | Left no surviving heirs. He was succeeded by his nephew. |
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|align="center"|17 November 1735 |align="center"|15 April 1754 – 3 February 1803 | County of Birstein | Sophie Charlotte Ernestina of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 20 September 1760 Schaumburg Castle seven children Ernestine Esperance Victoria of Reuss-Greiz (20 January 1756 – 2 December 1819) 20 August 1783 no children |align="center"|3 February 1803 | Grandson of Wolfgang Ernest I. |
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|19 January 1716 Wächtersbach First son of Ferdinand Maximilian II and Albertine Ernestine of Isenburg-Büdingen |align=center|22 April 1755 – 16 September 1778 | County of Wächtersbach | Augusta Caroline of Isenburg-Büdingen (15 July 1722 – 30 November 1758) 7 July 1750 Büdingen two children |align=center|16 September 1778 | |
| style="background:#fbd;" | |align=center|28 June 1732 Dreieich Son of William Maurice II and Philippine Louise of Stolberg-Gedern |align=center|7 March 1772 – 26 March 1779 | County of Philippseich | Constance Sophie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 13 June 1762 Dreieich seven children |align=center|26 March 1779 | |
| style="background:#ec6;" | |align=center|2 May 1729 Meerholz Son of Charles and Elisabeth Friederike Juliana of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim |align=center|14 March 1774 – 4 May 1802 | County of Meerholz | Caroline of Salm (20 April 1734 – 11 May 1791) 11 June 1762 Grumbach eight children |align=center|4 May 1802 | |
| style="background:#afc;" | |align=center|25 February 1757 Büdingen Son of Ernest Dietrich of Isenburg-Büdingen and Dorothea Wilhelmina of Isenburg-Birstein |align=center|15 December 1775 – 25 February 1801 | County of Büdingen | Eleonore of Bentheim-Steinfurt (26 April 1754 – 18 February 1827) 25 July 1779 Burgsteinfurt eight children |align=center|25 February 1801 | Nephew of Louis Casimir. |
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|17 October 1752 Wächtersbach Son of Ferdinand Casimir I and Augusta Caroline of Isenburg-Büdingen |align=center|16 September 1778 – 1 December 1780 | County of Wächtersbach | Auguste Louise Clementine Hedwig of Bentheim-Steinfurt (23 September 1755 – 15 November 1798) 29 April 1755 Siegen no children |align=center|1 December 1780 | Left no heirs. The county passed to his uncle. |
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|align="center" colspan="7"| Council of Regency (1779-1781) |rowspan="2"|Left no heirs. | ||||
| style="background:#fbd;" | |align="center"|20 October 1767 Dreieich Second son of Christian Charles and Constance Sophie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |align="center"|26 March 1779 – 30 January 1781 | County of Philippseich | Unmarried
|align="center"|30 January 1781 | |
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|align="center"|14 April 1717 |align="center"|1 December 1780 – 25 November 1782 | County of Wächtersbach | Sophia Dorothea Wilhelmina van Rehren (15 June 1706 – 23 October 1758) 22 April 1756 Almelo no children Charlotte of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld 9 June 1765 Meiningen no children |align="center"|25 November 1782 | Didn't have children. He was succeeded by his brother. |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Council of Regency (1781-1788) |rowspan="2"|Brother of Charles William Ernest. In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Isenburg lands were absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein. | ||||
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|align="center"|15 October 1770 |align="center"|30 January 1781 – 12 July 1806 | County of Philippseich | Amalia Isabella Sidonia of Bentheim-Tecklenburg 13 July 1789 Lemgo nine children |align="center"|27 December 1838 | |
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|colspan="8" align="center"|Isenburg-Philippseich absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein | ||||
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|5 May 1719 Wächtersbach Third son of Ferdinand Maximilian II and Albertine Ernestine of Isenburg-Büdingen |align=center|25 November 1782 – 5 August 1785 | County of Wächtersbach | Auguste Louise Clementine Hedwig of Bentheim-Steinfurt (23 September 1755 – 15 November 1798) 20 February 1784 Wächtersbach no children |align=center|5 August 1785 | Brother of Ferdinand Casimir I and Albert Augustus. Married his sister-in-law, but didn't have heirs. |
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|20 August 1722 Wächtersbach Fourth son of Ferdinand Maximilian II and Albertine Ernestine of Isenburg-Büdingen |align=center|5 August 1785 – 19 April 1798 | County of Wächtersbach | Unmarried
|align=center|19 April 1798 | Brother of Ferdinand Casimir, Albert Augustus and William Reinhard. He also didn't have heirs. |
| style="background:#dce;" | |align="center"|28 August 1741 Wächtersbach Son of Ferdinand Maximilian II and Ernestine Wilhelmine of Stolberg-Gedern |align="center"|19 April 1798 – 23 June 1805 | County of Wächtersbach | Auguste of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (27 February 1763 – 20 April 1800) 26 April 1789 Wittgenstein four children |align="center"|23 June 1805 | Last son of Ferdinand Maximilian II. |
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|align="center"|20 January 1781 |align="center"|25 February 1801 – 12 July 1806 | County of Büdingen | Ferdinande of Erbach-Schönberg (23 July 1784 – 24 September 1848) 10 May 1804 Zwingenberg eight children |align="center"|1 December 1852 | In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Isenburg lands were absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein. |
| style="background:#afc;"
|colspan="8" align="center"|Isenburg-Büdingen absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein | ||||
| style="background:#ec6;" | |align="center"|7 May 1763 Meerholz Son of John Frederick William and Caroline of Salm |align="center"|4 May 1802 – 12 July 1806 | County of Meerholz | Caroline of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (13 September 1764 – 28 April 1833) 29 March 1785 Wittgenstein six children |align="center"|17 April 1832 | In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Isenburg lands were absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein. |
| style="background:#ec6;"
|colspan="8" align="center"|Meerholz absorbed into Birstein | ||||
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Charles, Count of Isenburg-Birstein (1805-1806) |rowspan="2"|In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Isenburg lands were absorbed into Isenburg-Birstein. | ||||
| style="background:#dce;" | | align=center|21 May 1791 Wächtersbach Son of Louis Maximilian I and Auguste of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein | align=center|23 June 1805 – 12 July 1806 | County of Wächtersbach | Unmarried
| align=center|25 February 1821 | |
| style="background:#dce;"
|colspan="8" align="center"|Wachtersbach absorbed into Birstein | ||||
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|rowspan="2"|Charles |rowspan="2"|100px |rowspan="2" align=center|29 June 1766 |style="background:#ffc;" align=center|3 February 1803 – 12 July 1806 |style="background:#ffc;"|Principality of Birstein |rowspan="2"| Charlotte Auguste of Erbach-Erbach |rowspan="2" align=center|21 March 1820 |rowspan="2"| In 1806, in the advent of the German mediatization, his county was chosen as the one to which all the others were absorbed to. He was then raised as Prince of Isenburg. However, in 1815, his own Principality was also absorbed, firstly to Austria, and then to the Electorate of Hesse. | ||||
| style="background:#fff;"
|align=center|12 July 1806 – 8 June 1815 | Principality of Isenburg | |||
| style="background:#fff;"
|colspan="8" align="center"|Isenburg was annexed to Austria (1815-16) and to the Electorate of Hesse (from 1816) |
Post-1815 lines of succession
=Mediatized line of Birstein (1815)=
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- {{Tree list/final branch}} Charles, 1st Prince 1803-1820 (1766-1820)
- Wolfgang Ernst, 2nd Prince 1820-1866 (1798-1866)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Victor (1802-1843)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Karl, 3rd Prince 1866-1899 (1838-1899)
- Prince Leopold (1866-1933) -renounced his rights in 1898
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Franz Joseph, 4th Prince 1899-1939 (1869-1939)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Franz Ferdinand, 5th Prince 1939-1956 (1901-1956)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Franz Alexander, 6th Prince 1956–2018 (1943-2018)
- Alexander, 7th Prince 2018–present (1969) ∞ Sarah Lorenz
- Princess Alix (2015)
- Princess Zita (2017)
- {{Tree list/final branch}}{{Tree list/final branch}} Franz Salvator, Hereditary Prince (2019)
- Princess Katharina (1971) ∞ Archduke Martin of Austria-Este
- Princess Isabelle (1973) ∞ Carl, Prince of Wied
- Frederick, Feudal Prince 2018–present (1974)
- Princess Sophie (1978) ∞ Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Viktor (1979) ∞ Jungeun Anes Lee
- Princess Amalia (2016)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Princess Victoria (2018)
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=Mediatized line of Büdingen (1806)=
- Ernest Casimir III (1806-1848), in 1840 he was raised to Prince.
- Ernest Casimir IV (1848-1861)
- Bruno (1861-1906)
- Wolfgang (1906-1920)
- Alfred (1920-1922)
- Karl (1922-1941)
- Otto Friedrich (1904-1990), from the Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach branch, adopted by Karl in 1936
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- {{Tree list/final branch}} Wolfgang-Ernst, 8th Prince 1990- (b.1936) ∞ Leonille Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Hereditary Prince Casimir-Alexander (b.1967)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Tristan Alexander (b.2014)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Maximilian (b.1969)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Tassilo-Alexander (b.2006)
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Notable members of the family
- Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg, c. 1255 – 29 September 1313?, Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau, king of Germany
- Diether von Isenburg, c. 1412 – 1482, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz
- Anna of Isenburg-Büdingen, 1460 – 1522
- John of Isenburg-Grenzau, Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1547 until 1556
- Salentin IX of Isenburg-Grenzau, c. 1532–1610, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Paderborn
- Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen, 1806-1861
- Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen, 1837-1906
- Princess Sophie Johanna Maria of Isenburg (born 1978), wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://isenburg.de/ Official Website] – Fürstenhaus Isenburg (Princely House of Isenburg) {{in lang|de}}
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