Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

Constantine
Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born	24 May 1716 Rotenburg, Germany
Died	30 December 1778 (aged 62) Schloss Wildeck, Germany
Spouse	Countess Sophia von Starhemberg Comtesse Jeanne de Bombelles
Issue	Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg Hedwig, Duchess of Bouillon
Father	Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Mother	Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

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.