Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal (german: Ernst Eugen Karl August Bernhard Paul von Hessen-Philippsthal; born: 20 December 1846 in Philippsthal; died: 22 December 1925 in

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) was a member of the

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and was the last ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.

Life

Ernst was the eldest son of the Landgrave Charles II of Hesse-Philippsthal (1803-1868) from his marriage to Duchess Marie of Württemberg (1818-1888), a daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After the

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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

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in Hanau, Rotenburg Castle and

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in Kassel. Ernest died in 1925 unmarried and without descendants. With his death, the main Hesse-Philippsthal line of the

died out; only the junior lines

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and Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim remained; the first inherited his estate.

Ancestors

External links

''Hessen-Philippsthal''
in: ''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon'', 1888 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Members of the Prussian House of Lords House of Hesse 1846 births 1925 deaths Landgraves of Hesse 19th-century German people 20th-century German people Heirs apparent who never acceded