Princess Hedwig o Hesse-Rotenburg
Princess Hedwig o Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (Hedwig Marie Christine; 26 Juin 1748 – 27 Mey 1801) wis a German princess o Hesse-Rotenburg bi birth an Duchess o Bouillon bi mairiage. She wis cried Marie Hedwige in Fraunce.
| Hedwig o Hesse-Rotenburg | |
|---|---|
| Duchess o Bouillon | |
| Full name
Hedwig Marie Christine | |
| Born | 26 Juin 1748 Landgrave's Pailace, Germany |
| Dee'd | 27 Mey 1801 (aged 52) Paris, Fraunce |
| Spoose(s) | Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke o Bouillon |
| Faither | Constantine, Landgrave o Hesse-Rotenburg |
| Mither | Sophia o Starhemberg |
BiographyEedit
Born at the Landgrave's Pailace in Rotenburg an der Fulda tae Constantine, Hereditary Prince o Hesse-Rotenburg an his wife Coontess Sophia von Starhemberg, she wis the couple's third bairn. She haed ten ather siblings includin the future Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave o Hesse-Rotenburg, named efter thair uncle Charles Emmanuel III o Sardinie.
On 17 Julie 1766 at Carlsburg she mairit Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke o Bouillon, Prince o Turenne an heir tae the sovereign Duchy o Bouillon. His parents war Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke o Bouillon, an Louise Henriette Gabrielle o Lorraine o the Hoose o Guise.
Her husband lived in Navarre prior tae the revolution an succeeded his faither in 1792. During the collapse o the ancien régime, the duchy o Bouillon wis taken frae him in 1794 an absorbed intae Fraunce in October 1795. Houiver, in 1800, he recovered the duchy but wis obliged tae pey off debts o 3 million livres. The duchy wis incorporated in the new Kirick o the Netherlands in 1815.
The Duchess o Bouillon died childless in Paris on 27 Mey 1801.
Teetles an stylesEedit
- 26 Juin 1748 – 17 Julie 1754 Princess Hedwig o Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
- 1754 – 1766 Princess Polyxena o Hesse-Rotenburg.
- 17 Julie 1766 – 3 December 1792 Princess o Turenne.
- 3 December 1792 – 27 Mey 1801 The Duchess o Bouillon.