Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal


Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal was a member of the House of Hesse and was the last ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.

Life

Ernst was the eldest son of the Landgrave Charles II of Hesse-Philippsthal from his marriage to Mary, a daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg.
After the Electorate of Hesse including Hesse-Philippsthal was annexed by Prussia in 1866, Ernest resigned on all subsequent claims on Hesse-Philippsthal in 1868, together with Landgrave Alexis of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. In 1880, he received as compensation an annual income of, plus the City Castle in Hanau, Rotenburg Castle and Schönfeld Castle in Kassel.
Ernest died in 1925 unmarried and without descendants. With his death, the main Hesse-Philippsthal line of the House of Hesse died out; only the junior lines Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim remained; the first inherited his estate.

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