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Christine
Princess of Carignano
Born(1717-11-21)21 November 1717
Schloss Rotenburg, Rotenburg
Died1 September 1778(1778-09-01) (aged 60)
Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
Burial1786
Basilica of Superga, Italy
SpouseLouis Victor of Savoy, Prince of Carignano
Issue
Detail		Victor Amadeo, Prince of Carignano
Leopoldina, Princess di Melfi
Marie Louise, Princess de Lamballe
Gabriella, Princess von Lobkowicz
Caterina, Princess di Paliano
Eugenio, Count of Villafranca
Names
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HouseHouse of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (by birth)
House of Savoy-Carignano (by marriage)
FatherErnest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
MotherCountess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Rochefort[1]

Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (Christine Henriette; 21 November 1717 – 1 September 1778) was a princess of the German dynasty of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. She was the Princess of Carignan by marriage and mother of the princesse de Lamballe and of Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignan.

Biography

Christine Henriette was born in Rotenburg the youngest of the ten children of the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and his consort.[1] Her older sister Polyxena was married in 1730 to the future Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and had issue. Another sister, Caroline was the wife of the French Prime Minister, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon until her death in 1741.

After Polyxena's marriage, Christine became engaged to Louis Victor, Prince of Carignan, the eldest surviving child of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Carignan and his wife Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy.[2] The Carignans were a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, would inherit from them the kingship of Sardinia, and would be declared kings of Italy from 1861.

Christine married Louis Victor on 4 May 1740 at the age of 22. The next year her husband succeeded to the title Prince de Carignan, the seigneury of Carignan having belonged to the Savoys since 1418. The fact that it was part of Piedmont, only twenty kilometers south of Turin, meant that it could be a "princedom" for the cadet line in name only, being endowed neither with independence nor revenues of substance.[3]

Christine's second child, born at the Palazzo Carignano, was named Victor Amadeus and was the great-grandfather of the future Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. Her fifth daughter was her most famous; Louise, princesse de Lamballe, the tragic best friend of Marie Antoinette.

Christine died at the Palazzo Carignano in Turin on the night of 31 August – 1 September 1778, and was followed less than three months later by her husband. Buried firstly at Turin Cathedral, she was moved in 1835 to Turin's Basilica of Superga. At her death the Gazette de France published a small epitaph for her in honour of her daughter Madame de Lamballe:

Tuesday, the 31st of last month,[4] princesse Christine Henriette de Hesse Rheinfels, wife of Louis Victor Amédée de Savoie, Prince de Carignan, died in this city [Turin], after a lingering and painful illness. She was born the 24th November, 1717.[4]

Her present descendants include the rival pretenders to the Italian throne, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples[1] and Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, as well as the Bonapartist pretender, Victor, Prince Napoléon.

Issue[5]

Titles and styles

  • 21 November 1717 – 4 May 1740 Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
  • 4 May 1740 – 4 April 1741 Her Highness Princess Christine of Savoy-Carignan
  • 4 April 1741 – 1 September 1778 Her Highness the Princess of Carignan

Ancestry

Family of Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg
16. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
8. Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
17. Countess Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg
4. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
18. Philipp Reinhard I, Count of Solms-Hohensolms
9. Countess Marie Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms
19. Countess Elisabeth of Wied
2. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
20. Johann Dietrich, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
10. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
21. Josina de La Marck
5. Countess Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
22. Egon, Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
11. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
23. Princess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1. Christine Henriette of Hesse-Rotenburg
24. Johann Dietrich, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (=20)
12. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (=10)
25. Josina de La Mark (=21)
6. Maximilian Karl, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
26. Egon, Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (=22)
13. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (=11)
27. Princess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (=23)
3. Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
28. Jakob Khuen von Belasi, Count zu Lichtenberg und Gandegg
14. Mathias Khuen von Belasi, Count zu Lichtenberg und Gandegg
29. Siguna Margaretha von Annenberg
7. Countess Polyxena Khuen von Belasi zu Lichtenberg und Gandegg
30. Ferdinand Balthasar, Count von Meggau
15. Countess Anna Susanna von Meggau zu Kreutzen
31. Countess Esther von Sulz

References and notes

  1. ^ a b c van de Pas, Leo. "Landgräfin Christine von Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg". Genealogics .org. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  2. ^ She was the legitimised daughter of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his mistress Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
  3. ^ "Carignano". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. 1911. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  4. ^ a b Bertin, Georges. "Full text of Madame de Lamballe". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  5. ^ C.E.D.R.E. Les Manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E.: Le Royaume d'Italie, volume I. Paris, 1992, pp. 154-156, 176-179. (French). ISSN 0993-3964.

See also

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