- Isenburg
Isenburg was a region of
Germany which eventually located itself in southernHesse , located in territories north and south ofFrankfurt . The states of Isenburg emerged from theNiederlahngau (located in theRhineland-Palatinate ), which partitioned in 1137 intoIsenburg-Isenburg andIsenburg-Limburg-Covern . These Counties partitioned between themselves many times over the next 700 years. Around 1160 Rembold of Isenburg sold the County of Arnstein to the new Counts of Nassau and the new Counts ofKatzenelnbogen [ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World] .It was not until 1806 that there was a state called simply "Isenburg". When the
Holy Roman Empire was defeated byNapoleon Bonaparte ofFrance in that year, the empire was abolished and theConfederation 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 ofIsenburg-Birstein joined the Confederation and was granted the mediatised Isenburgian Counts (Isenburg-Büdingen ,Isenburg-Meerholz ,Isenburg-Philippseich , andIsenburg-Wächtersbach ). His Principality was renamed to Isenburg.The Principality continued under the rule of Prince Charles through the Napoleonic era, but was mediatised by the
Congress of Vienna for being too keen an ally of Napoleon Bonaparte. The lands of the principality were divided between the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and the Electorate ofHesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).tates of Isenburg
*Principality of Isenburg (1806 - 1814/5)
*County ofIsenburg-Arnfels (1286 - 1379)
*County ofIsenburg-Birstein (1628 - 1664, 1711 - 1744)
*Principality ofIsenburg-Birstein (1744 - 1806)
*County ofIsenburg-Büdingen (1341 - 1511, 1628 - 1806)
*County ofIsenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1511 - 1628)
*County ofIsenburg-Cleberg (1286 - 1341)
*County ofIsenburg-Covern (1158 - 1306)
*County ofIsenberg-Eisenberg (1711 - 1758)
*County ofIsenburg-Grenzau (1158 - 1290, 1341 - 1439, 1502 - 1664)
*County ofIsenburg-Isenburg (1137 - 1199)
*County ofIsenburg-Kempenich (1142 - 1424)
*County ofIsenburg-Limburg (1220 - 1365)
*County ofIsenburg-Limburg-Covern (1137 - 1158)
*County ofIsenburg-Meerholz (1673 - 1806)
*County ofIsenburg-Neumagen (1502 - 1554)
*County ofIsenburg-Offenbach (1628 - 1635, 1643 - 1758)
*County ofIsenburg-Philippseich (1711 - 1806)
*County ofIsenburg-Ronneburg (1511 - 1601)
*County ofIsenburg-Wächtersbach (1673 - 1806)
*County ofIsenburg-Wied (1210 - 1462)
*County ofNieder-Isenburg "(also called Lower Isenburg)" (1218 - 1503)Princes of Isenburg (1806 - 1814/5)
*Charles (Prince of
Isenburg-Birstein ) 1806 - 1814/5ee also
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House of Isenburg Notes and references
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