Ernst Leopold
Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born15 June 1684
Langenschwalbach
Died29 November 1749
Schloss Rotenburg, Rotenburg
SpouseEleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim
Issue
Detail
HouseHesse-Rotenburg
FatherWilliam of Hesse-Rotenburg
MotherMaria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim

Ernst II Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (15 June 1684 – 29 November 1749) was Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg between 1725 and 1749.

Born in Langenschwalbach, he was a son of landgrave William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and Countess Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1652–1688).

He died in Rotenburg in 1749.

Marriage and issue

He married his first cousin, Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1686–1753), in Frankfurt, on 9 November 1704. She was daughter of Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and his wife, Countess Maria Polyxena Khuen of Lichtenberg and Belasi (1658-1712). They had ten children:

  1. Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg (1705–1744); married Princess Christina of Salm had issue.
  2. Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen of Sardinia (1706–1735); married Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia had issue.
  3. Landgravine Magdalene Leopoldina of Hesse-Rotenburg (1707–1708); died in infancy.
  4. Wilhelm of Hesse-Rotenburg (1708); died in infancy.
  5. Sophie of Hesse-Rotenburg (1709–1711); died in infancy.
  6. Franciscus Alexander of Hesse-Rotenburg (1710–1739); died unmarried.
  7. Eleonore Philippina of Hesse-Rotenburg (1712–1759); married John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, no issue.
  8. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741); married Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and had issue.
  9. Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (1716–1778); his successor.
  10. Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717–1778); married Louis Victor, Prince of Carignan, and had issue.

Through his eldest daughter, his present descendants include the claimant Duke of Parma; the pretending King of the Two Sicilies and the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. His youngest daughter is also an ancestress of the above.


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