Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Prince Ernst Casimir II Ysenburg and Büdingen ( born December 14, 1806 Büdingen, † February 16, 1861 in Büdingen ) was the second ruler of Ysenburg and Büdingen.

Ernst Casimir II was the son of the Count and later Prince Ernst Casimir I. Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Ferdinande to Erbach- Schönberg.

At the age of twelve he was sent to the Royal Prussian Pädagogium in Halle. After passing Maturum he studied first at the University of Giessen in 1826 and later at the Berlin Academy history and archeology. To learn the French language he stayed temporarily up in Basel and Geneva. During his studies he was in Giessen in 1826 member of the Corps Vandalia I.

After a few years in the Austrian military services, Ernst Casimir married on September 8, 1836 Countess Thekla of Erbach - Fuerstenau. With her he had three sons and two daughters.

On November 1, 1848, his father came from the business of the caste domination. He was automatically a member of the first chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. This he had already been consulted for his father from 1841. With the March Revolution ended the first representation of the lords in parliament, and he retired in 1849 from the first chamber. After the victory of the reaction, the class privileges were restored and Ernst Casimir was from 1856 until his death in 1861, again a member of the first chamber.

When he died after a long and painful illness in 1861, Hereditary Prince Bruno Ysenburg and Büdingen the succession as Prince.