Ernst II Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Ernest Leopold
Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born	15 June 1684 Langenschwalbach
Died	29 November 1749 Schloss Rotenburg, Rotenburg
Spouse	Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim
Issue Detail	Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg Polyxena, Queen of Sardinia Caroline, Princess of Condé Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg Christine, Princess of Carignan Eleonora, Countess Palatine of Sulzbach
House	Hesse-Rotenburg
Father	William of Hesse-Rotenburg
Mother	Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim

Ernst Leopold of Hesse-Rotenburg (15 June 1684 – 29 November 1749) was landgrave of Hessen-Rheinfels-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 Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim (1686–1753), in Frankfurt, on 9 November 1704. They had ten children:

• Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg (1705–1744); married Princess Christina of Salm had issue.
• Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen of Sardinia (1706–1735); married Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia had issue.
• Landgravine Magdalene Leopoldina of Hesse-Rotenburg (1707–1708); died in infancy.
• Wilhelm of Hesse-Rotenburg (1708); died in infancy.
• Sophie of Hesse-Rotenburg (1709–1711); died in infancy.
• Franciscus Alexander of Hesse-Rotenburg (1710–1739); died unmarried.
• Eleonora of Hesse-Rotenburg (1712–1759); married John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, no issue.
• Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741); married Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and had issue.
• Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (1716–1778); his successor.
• 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.

External links

• genealogy online (in Dutch)