Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Who was Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg?

Constantine of Hessen-Rotenburg 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 Marie Sophia Theresia Hedwigis Eva von Starhemberg, widow of William Hyacinth of Nassau-Siegen. When she died in 1773, he remarried in 1775 with French Countess Johanna Henriette de Bombelles.

He had 11 children from his first marriage, including :

Charles Emmanuel, his successor.

Charles Constantine, a supporter of the French Revolution, better known as Citoyen Hesse.

Hedwig, 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.