Charles Thomas, 3rd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 March 1714 – 6 June 1789) was from 1735 to 1789 the third Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
Family
Charles Thomas was the eldest son and second children of
Dominic Marquard, 2nd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1690–1735) and his wife Christine Franziska Polyxena (1688–1728) a daughter of
Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried
Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (19 July 1649 — 3 March 1711), was a Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried. He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich.
Life
After an inh ...
by his second wife Countess Juliane Alexandrine of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
On 7 July 1736 in
Vienna
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he married Princess Maria Charlotte of
Holstein-Wiesenburg (1718–1765), daughter of
Leopold, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Leopold of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Wiesenbourg (Brzeg, 12 January 1674 - Vienna, 4 March 1744) was the 3rd Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg and Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1721.
Biography
Leopold was th ...
. Their only child and daughter Leopoldine (1739 – 1765) married in 1761 her cousin,
(1742–1796).
After the death of his first wife, he married
morganatically on 4 February 1770 Maria Josepha von Stipplin (1735–1799). This marriage was without issue.
Study
Charles Thomas studied in
Prague
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and in
Paris
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. From 1735 he was a corresponding member of the
Académie Française
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and during his life he hold a large library.
[Harald Stockert: ''Adel im Übergang'', S. 20]
Military career
On 4 May 1758 he was made a Palatine Lieutenant General and on 31 December 1769 imperial Lieutenant
Fieldmarshal
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.
Reign
Successor
After more than fifty years as reigning prince and without legitimate male heirs, Charles Thomas was succeeded after his death by his nephew,
Dominic Constantine (1762–1814), son of his youngest brother Prince Theodor Alexander of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1722–1780).
Footnotes
Bibliography
* Harald Stockert: ''Adel im Übergang. Die Fürsten und Grafen von Löwenstein-Wertheim zwischen Landesherrschaft und Standesherrschaft 1780-1850'',
Kohlhammer Verlag
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History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-la ...
, Stuttgart 2000,
* Christian Schreck: ''Hofstaat und Verwaltung der Fürsten von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort im 18. Jahrhundert''. Leidorf, Rahden/Westfalen, 2006
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Charles Thomas
1714 births
1789 deaths
18th-century German people
Members of the Académie Française
Generals of the Holy Roman Empire