Isenburg

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Isenburg was a region of Germany which eventually located itself in southern 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 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 of Katzenelnbogen^[1].

It was not until 1806 that there was a state called simply "Isenburg". When the Holy Roman Empire was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte 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 mediatised Isenburgian Counts (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 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 of Hesse-Cassel.

Contents 1 States of Isenburg 2 Princes of Isenburg (1806 - 1814/5) 3 See also 4 Notes and references

[edit] States of Isenburg

• Principality of Isenburg (1806 - 1814/5)
• County of Isenburg-Arnfels (1286 - 1379)
• County of Isenburg-Birstein (1628 - 1664, 1711 - 1744)
• Principality of Isenburg-Birstein (1744 - 1806)
• County of Isenburg-Büdingen (1341 - 1511, 1628 - 1806)
• County of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1511 - 1628)
• County of Isenburg-Cleberg (1286 - 1341)
• County of Isenburg-Covern (1158 - 1306)
• County of Isenberg-Eisenberg (1711 - 1758)
• County of Isenburg-Grenzau (1158 - 1290, 1341 - 1439, 1502 - 1664)
• County of Isenburg-Isenburg (1137 - 1199)
• County of Isenburg-Kempenich (1142 - 1424)
• County of Isenburg-Limburg (1220 - 1365)
• County of Isenburg-Limburg-Covern (1137 - 1158)
• County of Isenburg-Meerholz (1673 - 1806)
• County of Isenburg-Neumagen (1502 - 1554)
• County of Isenburg-Offenbach (1628 - 1635, 1643 - 1758)
• County of Isenburg-Philippseich (1711 - 1806)
• County of Isenburg-Ronneburg (1511 - 1601)
• County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1673 - 1806)
• County of Isenburg-Wied (1210 - 1462)
• County of Nieder-Isenburg (also called Lower Isenburg) (1218 - 1503)

[edit] Princes of Isenburg (1806 - 1814/5)

• Charles (Prince of Isenburg-Birstein) 1806 - 1814/5

[edit] See also

• House of Isenburg

[edit] Notes and references