Wolfgang-Ernst Ferdinand Heinrich Franz Karl Georg Wilhelm, VIII. Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach (born 20 June 1936 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German aristocrat. He is currently head of the House of Ysenburg and Büdingen.
From 1992 to 2008 he was the president of the Automobilclub von Deutschland (AvD). He holds a degree in business administration ("Diplom-Kaufmann") and was responsible for the private clients transactions of the DG-Bank for many years.
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Family
Wolfgang-Ernst is the first of five children of His Serene Highness, Otto-Friedrich III. Friedrich Viktor Ferdinand Maximilian Gustav Richard Bogislav, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen, and Her Serene Highness Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, née Princess Reuss zu Köstritz. In 1967, he married Leonille Elisabeth Victoria Barbara Margarete Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the daughter of Casimir Johannes, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg who was the bursar of the leading German political party, CDU. They have three children and live at Büdingen Castle.
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