Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried

Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried
Born	(1649-07-19)19 July 1649 Rheinfels Castle,Germany
Died	3 March 1711(1711-03-03)(aged 61) Bad Schwalbach,Germany
Noble family	House of Hesse
Spouse(s)	Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Father	Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
Mother	Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich

Charles of Hesse-Wanfried(19 July 1649 — 3 March 1711), was a Landgrave ofHesse-Wanfried.He was the second son of LandgraveErnest of Hesse-Rheinfelsand Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich.

Life

After an inheritance dispute about the "Rotenburg Quarter",Charles receivedHesse-Eschwegein 1667. He moved toWanfriedand founded the Catholic line ofHesse-Wanfried.He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle inEschwegehad been pledged toBrunswick-Bevern,also in 1667.

Marriages

Charles's first wife was Countess Sophie Magdalene ofSalm-Reifferscheidt(1649–1675), a daughter of Count Erich Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid (1619–1673) and his wife Princess Magdalene ofHesse-Cassel(1611–1671). Sophie Magdalene died in 1675 during a trip toVenice.Charles then married Countess Alexandrine Juliane ofLeiningen-Dagsburg(1651–1703), a daughter ofCount Emich XIII of Leiningenand Countess Dorothea ofWaldeck-Wildungen.Alexandrine Juliane was the widow of LandgraveGeorge III of Hesse-Itter-Vöhl.She died on 19 April 1703 and was buried in the family vault in the Hülfensberg in Wanfried.

Death and heir

Charles died in 1711 and was succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried by his son William II. After William's death in 1731, he was succeeded by his half-brother Christian, who died childless in 1755, thereby ending the Hessen-Wanfried line.

Issue

From his marriage to Countess Sophie Magdalene ofSalm-Reifferscheidt(1649-1675):

• Charles Ernest Adolph (born: 8 October 1669, died: December 1669)
• Anna Maria Eleonora (born: 13 October 1670; died: January 1671)
• William II "the Younger"(born: 25 August 1671 inLangenschwalbach;died: 1 April 1731 in Paris, and buried there), Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels
• Frederick (born: 17 May 1673; died: 25 October 1692), a canon at Cologne, died during a visit to the Bishop ofGyőrin Hungary
• Philip (born: June 1674; died: 28 August 1694)

From his marriage to Countess Alexandrine JulianeLeiningen-Dagsburg(1651-1703):

• Charlotte Amalie(born: March 8, 1679 at Wanfried, died: 8 February 1722 in Paris), married on 26 September 1694 in Cologne withFrancis II Rákóczi(born: 27 March 1676; died: April 8, 1735), Prince ofTransylvania
• Ernest (born: 20 April 1680 in Wanfried, died: June 24, 1680 ibid), buried in the Hülfensberg
• Sophia Leopoldine (born: 17 July 1681, died: 18 April 1724 in Wetzlar). Her daughter Maria Franziska ofHohenlohe-Bartensteinmarried Sophia's brotherChristian.
• Charles Alexander (born: 6 November 1683 in Wanfried, died: February 1684 in Boppard)
• Maria Anna Johanna (born: 8 January 1685 in Wanfried, died: 11 June 1764 in Erfurt)
• Maria Therese Josepha Elisabeth (born: 5 April 1687, died: 9 September 1689)
• Christine Franziska Polyxene (born: 23 May 1688, died: 17 July 1728), married on 28 February 1712 withDominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
• Christian(born: 17 July 1689 in Wanfried, died: 21 October 1755 in Eschwege), the last Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Eschwege and Hesse-Rheinfels
• Juliana Elizabeth Anna Louise (born: 20 October 1690 in Wanfried; died: 13 July 1724), married on 6 January 1718 inWanfriedwith CountChristian Otto of Limburg-Stirum(born: 25 March 1694; died: 24 February 1749)
• Maria (born: 31 August 1693)
• Eleanor Bernhardine (born: 21 February 1695; died: 14 August 1768 in Frankfurt), married in June 1717 with Count Herman Frederick ofBentheim-Bentheim

References

• Chronik der Stadt Wanfried,Reinhold Strauß, 1908
• Eckhart G. Franz,Das Haus Hessen,Stuttgart, 2005,ISBN3-17-018919-0