Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

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Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal (

Life

Ernst was the eldest son of the Landgrave

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 300000marks, plus the Hanau 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

• Hessen-Philippsthal, in: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1888