father death_place death_date mother birth_place title birth_date spouse issue article_title
ernest leopold , landgrave of hesse-rotenburg schloss wildeck , germany 30 december 1778 eleonore of löwenstein-wertheim-rochefort rotenburg , germany landgrave of hesse-rotenburg 24 may 1716 countess sophia von starhemberg comtesse jeanne de bombelles charles of bouillon emmanuel , landgrave of hesse-rotenburg hedwig , duchess constantine , landgrave of hesse-rotenburg

constantine , landgrave of hesse-rotenburg

constantine of hessen-rotenburg -lrb- may 24 , 1716 in rotenburg -- december 30 , 1778 in schloss wildeck -rrb- was landgrave of hesse-rotenburg from 1749 until his death .
constantine was the son of landgrave ernest leopold , landgrave of hesse-rotenburg and his wife countess eleonore of löwenstein-wertheim .
constantine married in 1745 with countess marie `` sophia '' theresia hedwigis eva von starhemberg , widow of william hyacinth , prince of nassau-siegen .
when she died in 1773 , he remarried in 1775 with french countess johanna henriette de bombelles -lrb- 1751-1822 -rrb- .
he had 11 children from his first marriage , including : charles emmanuel -lrb- 1746-1812 -rrb- , his successor .
charles constantine , a supporter of the french revolution , better known as `` citoyen hesse '' .
hedwig -lrb- 1748-1801 -rrb- , married jacques léopold de la tour d'auvergne , duke of bouillon .
under constantine , hesse-wanfried was in 1755 returned to hesse-rotenburg after the death of christian of hesse-wanfried .
hesse-rotenburg , which had been divided in 1648 , was now again reunited and remained so until the treaty of lunéville in 1801 .
he became a knight in the order of the golden fleece in 1759 .
