Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 November 1690 – 11 March 1735) was the second Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
He was the sixth son and ninth child of
Maximilian Karl Albert, last Count and first Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1656 - 1718), and his wife Countess Maria Polyxena Khuen von Lichtenberg und Belasi (1658 - 1712). He was named after
Marquard Sebastian von Schenk von Stauffenberg, (1644–1693)
Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, who was his godfather.
On 28 February 1712, he married
Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Wanfried (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. Since his older brother had already died, unmarried and without children, at that time he was already Hereditary Prince. Dominic Marquard and Christine had thirteen children, nine of whom survived to adulthood:
* Princess Marie Christine (born and died in 1713)
*
Prince Charles Thomas (1714 - 1789) married Princess Maria Charlotte von Holstein-Wiesenburg and had only a daughter Princess Leopoldine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort who married her cousin,
Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst; as widower he married morganatically Maria Josephine von Stipplin
* Prince Johann Philipp Ernst Karl (1715 - 1734) unmarred
* Prince Leopold Constantin (1716 - 1770) unmarried
* Prince Franz Carl Wilhelm Konrad (1717 - 1750) married Baroness Josepha Schirndinger von Schirnding and had one son
* Prince Christian Philipp Josef Alexander (1719 - 1781), married in 1773 Baronesse Franziska d'Humbert without issue
* Prince Johann Joseph Wenzel (1720 - 1788) married Baroness Dorothea von Hausen und Gleichenstorff and had a son
* Princess Sophie Wilhelmine Marie (1721-1749) married
Charles Albert I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1719-1793)
* Prince Theodor Alexander (1722 - 1780) married in 1751 Countess Luise of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg, father of
Dominic Constantine
* A daughter
* A son
* Princess Maria Leopoldina (1726 - 1759) married Conte Johann Josef Thomas de Giovanni Verclos
* A son
In 1718, he succeeded his father, and acquired various possessions that should influence the history of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim; in 1720 the Lordship of
Haid and its castle in
Bohemia
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, in 1721 the small market town
Kleinheubach
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from the possession of the Counts of Erbach and 1730 the Lordship of Rosenberg in
Baden
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History
The margraves of Ba ...
, which derived the Catholic line of the family.
On 17 July 1728, the wife died in childbirth. Dominic died in 1735, in
Venice
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, where he had gone to attend the
Carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival typi ...
in disguise, and was buried there, but his heart was moved to the church of Wertheim.
Sources
* Martina Heine: ''Dominik Marquard heiratete Hessin''. In: ''Wertheimer Zeitung'' vom 28. Februar 2012
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1690 births
1738 deaths
People from Wertheim am Main
House of Löwenstein-Wertheim