Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried
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Rheinfels Castle, Germany
Bad Schwalbach, Germany
Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried | |
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| Born | 19 July 1649 Rheinfels Castle, Germany |
| Died | 3 March 1711 (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 of Hesse-Wanfried. He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich.
After an inheritance dispute about the "Rotenburg Quarter", Charles received Hesse-Eschwege in 1667. He moved to Wanfried and founded the Catholic line of Hesse-Wanfried. He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle in Eschwege had been pledged to Brunswick-Bevern, also in 1667.
Marriages
Charles's first wife was Countess Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheidt (1649–1675), a daughter of Count Erich Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid (1619–1673) and his wife Princess Magdalene of Hesse-Cassel (1611–1671). Sophie Magdalene died in 1675 during a trip to Venice. Charles then married Countess Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1651–1703), a daughter of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen. Alexandrine Juliane was the widow of Landgrave George III of Hesse-Itter-Vöhl. She died on 19 April 1703 and was buried in the family vault in the Hülfensberg in Wanfried.
