Ferdinand Maximilian, Prince of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach
Prince Ferdinand Maximilian III was born on 24 October 1824 in Wächtersbach. He was the only child of Adolph II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach and Countess Philippine zu Ysenburg-Philippseich. His paternal grandparents were Louis Maximilian I of Isenburg-Wächtersbach and Countess Auguste of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. His maternal grandparents were Heinrich Ferdinand, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Philippseich and Countess Amalia of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda. In 1847, following the death of his father, he became the ruling Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach. From 1856 to 1903 he was a member of the first chamber of the State Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, although from 1875 to 1887, he was represented by his son Friedrich Wilhelm. From 1868 to 1885, he was a member of the Kurhessian Municipal Parliament of the Prussian administrative district of Kassel and the provincial parliament of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau. On 17 July 1849, he married Princess "Augusta" Marie Gertrude von Hanau (1829–1887) in Wilhelmshöhe. Princess Auguste was the eldest daughter of the Frederick William, Elector of Hesse and his morganatic wife, Gertrude Falkenstein. Together, they were the parents of:


His wife died on 18 September 1887. Prince Ferdinand Maximilian III died on 5 June 1903 in Wächtersbach.
Early life
Ferdinand Maximilian III of Ysenburg-Wächtersbach (24 October 1824 – 5 June 1903) was the head of the Wächtersbach branch of the House Ysenburg and the first Prince of Isenburg-Budingen-Wächtersbach.