Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Landgrave

Date of Birth: 24-May-1716

Place of Birth: Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1778

Profession: ruler

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Constantine of Hessen-Rotenburg (May 24, 1716 in Rotenburg – December 30, 1778 in Schloss Wildeck) 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 (1751-1822).
He had 11 children from his first marriage, including : Charles Emmanuel (1746–1812), his successor. Charles Constantine, a supporter of the French Revolution, better known as Citoyen Hesse. Hedwig (1748–1801), 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.