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Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse Rotenburg

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Mother
  
Sophia of Starhemberg

Name
  
Charles Landgrave


Died
  
March 23, 1812

House
  
House of Hesse

Spouse
  
Princess Leopoldina of Liechtenstein

Issue
  
Victor, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg Klotilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein

Father
  
Constantine of Hesse-Rotenburg

Parents
  
Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Children
  
Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Grandparents
  
Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, Eleonore of Lowenstein-Wertheim

Great-grandparents
  
Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

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.

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Biography

He was born in Langenschwalbach, the son of Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (24 May 1716 - 30 December 1778) and Sofie von Starhemberg (October 1722 - 12 December 1773).

He died in Frankfurt in 1812.

Marriage and issue

Karl Emanuel married Princess Leopoldina Maria Anna Francisca de Paula Adelgunda (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.

  • Victor Amadeus (2 September 1779 - 12 November 1834) named after Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
  • Marie Adelheid Klotilde (12 September 1787 - 6 January 1869); married Prince Karl August of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1788–1844) named after Clothilde of France
  • Karl also had an illegitimate son by Lucie Juliane Struve (b. 1769), daughter of Johann Conrad Struve:

  • Ernst von Blumenstein (11 February 1796 - 25 August 1875)
  • Karl's only descendants were from his illegitimate line.

    Titles and styles

  • 5 June 1746 – 29 November 1749 His Serene Highness Landgrave Charles Emmanuel of Hesse-Rotenburg
  • 29 November 1749 – 30 December 1778 His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg
  • 30 December 1778 – 23 March 1812 His Serene Highness the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
  • References

    Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg Wikipedia