Name Charles Landgrave | Died March 23, 1812 House House of Hesse | |
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.
Karl also had an illegitimate son by Lucie Juliane Struve (b. 1769), daughter of Johann Conrad Struve:
Karl's only descendants were from his illegitimate line.