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Isenburg-Büdingen was a County of southernHesse,Germany, located inBüdingen. It was originally a part of theCounty of Isenburg.


There were two different Counties of the same name. The first (1341–1511) was a partition of Isenburg-Cleberg, and was partitioned intoIsenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and Isenburg-Ronneburg in 1511. The second (1628–1806) was a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. It was partitioned between itself,Isenburg-Meerholz andIsenburg-Wächtersbach in 1673, and wasmediatised toIsenburg in 1806. In 1816 Isenburg was partitioned between theGrand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and theElectorate of Hesse-Kassel.
Count Ernest Casimir (1801-1848) was elevated to the rank of prince byLouis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, in 1840. Since then, the name of the branch is spelledYsenburg and Büdingen, to distinguish it from the princes of Isenburg from theIsenburg-Birstein branch.
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