Ernst Leopold of Hesse-Rotenburg (15 June 1684 – 29 November 1749) was
Landgrave
Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), a ...
of
Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg between 1725 and 1749.
Born in
Langenschwalbach
Bad Schwalbach (called Langenschwalbach until 1927) is the district seat of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Geographic location
Bad Schwalbach is a spa town some 20 km northwest of Wiesbaden. It lies at 289 to 465&nbs ...
, he was a son of landgrave
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
William I "the Elder" of Hesse-Rotenburg (15 May 1648, in Kassel – 20 November 1725, in Langenschwalbach) was from 1683 until his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. He was a son of Ernest I of Hesse-Rotenburg-Rheinfels and his wife, Count ...
and Countess Maria Anna of
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1652–1688).
He died in
Rotenburg Rotenburg may refer to:
*Rotenburg (district), Lower Saxony, Germany
*Rotenburg an der Wümme, capital of the district
*Rotenburg an der Fulda, near Kassel in Hesse
*Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in the Franconia region of Bavaria
*Hersfeld-Rotenburg, ...
in 1749.
Marriage and issue
He married his first cousin
Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim
Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim (Eleonore Maria Anna; 16 February 1686 – 22 February 1753) was a Princess of the Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. She was the Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg by marriage. Baptised as Eleonore Maria Anna, she w ...
(1686–1753), in
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
, on 9 November 1704. They had ten children:
*
Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg
Joseph of Hesse-Rotenburg (23 September 1705 – 24 June 1744) was the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg from his birth till his death in 1744. He was heir apparent to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg.
Biography
Born at Langenschwalbac ...
(1705–1744); married Princess Christina of
Salm
Salm may refer to
People
* Constance de Salm (1767–1845), poet and miscellaneous writer; through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck
* Salm ibn Ziyad, an Umayyad governor of Khurasan and Sijistan
* House of Salm, a European ...
had issue.
* Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen of Sardinia (1706–1735); married Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia had issue.
* Landgravine Magdalene Leopoldina of Hesse-Rotenburg (1707–1708); died in infancy.
* Wilhelm of Hesse-Rotenburg (1708); died in infancy.
* Sophie of Hesse-Rotenburg (1709–1711); died in infancy.
* Franciscus Alexander of Hesse-Rotenburg (1710–1739); died unmarried.
* Eleonora of Hesse-Rotenburg (1712–1759); married John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, no issue.
* Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741); married Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and had issue.
* Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (1716–1778); his successor.
* Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717–1778); married Louis Victor, Prince of Carignan, and had issue.
Through his eldest daughter, his present descendants include the Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, claimant Duke of Parma; the Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria, pretending King of the Two Sicilies and the reigning Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. His youngest daughter is also an ancestress of the above.
External links
genealogy online
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1684 births
1749 deaths
People from Bad Schwalbach
House of Hesse-Kassel
17th-century German people
18th-century German people
Landgraves of Hesse-Rotenburg