William Maurice II of Isenburg-Philippseich

William Maurice II of Isenburg-Philippseich ; was a lieutenant General of the Electorate of Palatinate and the first ruler of the County of Isenburg-Philippseich.

Life

William Maurice II of Isenburg-Philippseich was the son of William Maurice I, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and his wife, Countess Anna Amalie of Isenburg and Büdingen, the eldest daughter of Count Johann Ernst I of Isenburg-Büdingen.

Marriage and issues

On his first marriage on 9 January 1712, William Maurice II married in Birstein to Burgravine Amalie Luise of Dohna-Lauck, daughter of Count Christoph Friedrich of Dohna-Lauck and his wife, Countess Johanna Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold. From their marriage came the following issue:

Countess Johanna Elisabeth Amalie, who married to Count George Charles Augustus Louis I of Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
Countess Friederike Christiane Sophie who married to Count Louis Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

After Amalie's death, William Maurice married on 2 April 1725 in Gedern to Countess Philippa Luise of Stolberg-Gedern, daughter of Count Louis Christian of Stolberg-Gedern and his wife, Duchess Christine von Mecklenburg-Güstrow. From this marriage they had the following issue:

Countess Christiane Wilhelmine
Count Ludwig Moritz
Count Johann Adolph
Countess Luise, married Blasius Columban, Baron von Bender
Count Christian Charles who became the next ruling Count; married firstly to Countess Constanze of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and had issue; married secondly to her sister, Countess Ernestine Eleonore of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and no issue from his second marriage
Count Gustav Ernst
Countess Christine Eleonore
Countess Christiane Ferdinande
Count George Augustus of Isenburg-Philippseich ; married morganatically to Theresa Burkart ; had issue
Philippine Sophie Ernestine

Reign

William Maurice embarked on a military career and became a major general in the Upper Rhenish Circle. In the Imperial Army he held the rank of Field Marshal Sergeant General and eventually became Lieutenant General Field Marshal. He ended his military career as a general lieutenant in the Palatinate. As an inheritance of the Offenbach line, he received the villages of Götzenhain, Offenthal,Sprendlingen,Urberach and Münster in the Dreieich. Afterwards, the county of Isenburg-Philippseich came into being in 1711, of which he was the first ruler. He later died on 7 March 1772 at the age of 87 after a reign of over 60 years