Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

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.

Charles Emmanuel,
Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born5 June 1746
Langenschwalbach
Died23 March 1812(1812-03-23) (aged 65)
SpousePrincess Leopoldina of Liechtenstein
IssueVictor, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Klotilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
HouseHouse of Hesse-Kassel
FatherConstantine of Hesse-Rotenburg
MotherSophia of Starhemberg

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

Ancestry

References
  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 65.
Preceded by
Constantine		 Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
30 December 1778 – 23 March 1812		 Succeeded by
Victor Amadeus
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