Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Charles Emmanuel
Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born5 June 1746
Langenschwalbach
Died23 March 1812(1812-03-23) (aged 65)
SpousePrincess Leopoldina of Liechtenstein
IssueVictor, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Klotilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
HouseHouse of Hesse-Kassel
FatherConstantine of Hesse-Rotenburg
MotherSophia of Starhemberg
Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (Karl Emanuel; 5 June 1746 – 23 March 1812) was landgrave of Hessen-Rotenburg between 1778 and 1812. He was named after his uncle Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, husband of his aunt Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg.

Early life

He was born in Langenschwalbach, the son of Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (24 May 1716 – 30 December 1778) and his first wife, Countess Maria Sophia Theresia Hedwigis Eva von Starhemberg (October 1722 – 12 December 1773), widow of William Hyacinth, Prince of Nassau-Siegen and sister of Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg.

Marriage and issue

Karl Emanuel married Princess Leopoldina Maria Anna Francisca de Paula Adelgunda of Liechtenstein (Vienna, 30 January 1754 – Frankfurt, 16 October 1823), daughter of Franz Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein, on 1 September 1771 in Felsberg. The couple had two children.

Karl also had an illegitimate son by Lucie Juliane Amalie Struve (b. 1769), daughter of Johann Conrad Struve (d. 1782), Quartermaster from Braunschweig:

  • Ernst von Blumenstein (11 February 1796 – 25 August 1875); married Johanna Caroline Friederike von Meyerfeld (1799-1866) and had issue

Karl's only descendants were from his illegitimate line.

Death

He died in Frankfurt in 1812.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg[1]
8. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
4. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
9. Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
2. Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
10. Maximilian Carl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (=14)
5. Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
11. Maria Polyxena Khuen of Lichtenberg (=15)
1. Charles Emmanuel of Hesse-Rotenburg
12. Count Franz Ottokar of Starhemberg
6. Count Conrad Sigismund of Starhemberg
13. Countess Cecile Clara of Rindsmaul
3. Countess Sophia of Starhemberg
14. Maximilian Carl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (=10)
7. Countess Maria Leopoldine Theresia Renata Dorothea of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
15. Maria Polyxena Khuen of Lichtenberg (=11)

References

  1. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 65.
Preceded by Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
30 December 1778 – 23 March 1812
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