Ernst Leopold | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg | |
Born | 15 June 1684 Langenschwalbach |
Died | 29 November 1749 Schloss Rotenburg, Rotenburg |
Spouse | Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim |
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House | Hesse-Rotenburg |
Father | William of Hesse-Rotenburg |
Mother | Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim |
Ernst II Leopold (15 June 1684 – 29 November 1749) was Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg from 1725 until his death.[1]
Born in Langenschwalbach, into the collateral branch of the House of Hesse, he was a son of Landgrave William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and his wife, Countess Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1652–1688).
He married his first cousin, Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1686–1753), in Frankfurt, on 9 November 1704. She was daughter of Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and his wife, Countess Maria Polyxena Khuen of Belasi and Lichtenberg (1658-1712). They had ten children:
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.
He died on 29 November 1749 in Rotenburg an der Fulda.
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