Noble family House of Hesse | Name Ernest Landgrave | |
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Spouse(s) Louise of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Caroline of Hesse-Philippsthal Father William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Mother Ulrika Eleonora of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Born 8 August 1771
Philippsthal ( 1771-08-08 ) Died December 25, 1849, Meiningen, Germany Parents William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Children Charles II, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Grandchildren Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Grandparents Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Great-grandparents Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal | ||
Ernest Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (8 August 1771 in Philippsthal – 25 December 1849 in Meiningen) was a member of the House of Hesse and Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal from 1816 until his death.
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Life
Ernest Constantine was the youngest son of the Landgrave William of Hesse-Philippsthal (1726-1810) from his marriage with Ulrika Eleonora (1732-1795), daughter of Count William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
Until 1796 he was an officer in Dutch service. In 1797, he acquired the porcelain manufactory in Volkstedt (a suburb of Rudolstadt), which he sold two years later.
In 1808 he became Grand Chamberlain of the Jérôme Bonaparte, the King of Westphalia. After the dissolution of the kingdom of Westphalia, Ernst Constantine succeeded his brother Louis as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal in 1816. He also re-entered Dutch service, where he was appointed general.
Marriage and issue
Ernest Constantine married on 10 April 1796 in Rudolstadt with his first wife Louise (1775-1808), the daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1736-1793), with whom he had the following children:
He married his second wife on 17 February 1812 in Kassel. She was his niece Caroline (1793-1872), a daughter of his elder brother Prince Charles of Hesse-Philippsthal. From this second marriage he had the following children: