Dominic Constantine, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (16 May 1762 – 18 April 1814) was the fourth and last reigning Prince of the Rochefort line of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim.

Early life

Dominic Constantine was born in Nancy on 16 May 1762. He was baptized on the same day of his birth in the parish church of San Rocco in Nancy. He was the third child, and first son, of Prince Theodor Alexander of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1722–1780), and Countess Luise of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1735–1805). Though he was one of six children, only two reached adulthood. His father was the seventh and youngest son of Dominic Marquard, 3rd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. His mother was a granddaughter of Johann Friedrich, Count of Leiningen-Hartenburg.

Career

He grew up in

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, where he also attended the military school. In

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he began a serious course of study under the supervision of a tutor, and since it was foreseeable that he would be the successor to his uncle Charles Thomas, he settled in Wertheim in 1783.

Personal life

On 5 May 1780 in Nancy, he married Princess Leopoldine of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1761–1807). Before her death, they were the parents of seven children: * Princess Luise Josepha of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1781–1785), who died young. * Princess ''Christiane'' Henriette Polyxena of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1782–1811), who married Franz, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg, in 1805. * Charles Thomas, 5th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1783–1849), who married Countess Sophie of Windisch-Grätz in 1799. * Princess Josepha Luise of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1784–1789), who died young. * Prince ''Constantin'' Ludwig Carl Franz di Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1786–1844), who married his niece Leopoldine, daughter of his brother Charles Thomas, without issue * Princess Louise Christiane ''Charlotte'' of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1788–1799), who died young. * Prince ''Wilhelm'' Theodor Ludwig Constantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1795–1838), who married, morganatically, Emilie David, in 1833; she was created Baroness von Habitzheim by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse in 1838. After the death of his first wife he married Countess Maria Kreszentia of Königsegg-Rothenfels (1786–1821). Together, they had three more children: * Prince ''August'' Chrisostomus Carl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1808–1874), who died unmarried * Prince Maximilian ''Franz'' of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1810–1884), who died unmarried * Princess Maria Josefine ''Sophie'' of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1814–1876), who married Prince Franz Joseph of Salm-Salm in 1841. After his death, she married Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, a son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in 1845.

Bibliography

* Martina Heine: ''Der letzte Fürst des Alten Reiches.'' In: ''Wertheimer Zeitung.'' vom 16. Mai 2012.

External links

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