Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
Charles Thomas | |||||
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Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | |||||
Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | |||||
Period | 1735–1789 | ||||
Predecessor | Dominic Marquard | ||||
Successor | Dominic Constantine | ||||
Born |
Augsburg | 7 March 1714||||
Died |
6 June 1789 75) Kleinheubach | (aged||||
Spouse |
Princess Maria Charlotte of Holstein-Wiesenburg Maria Josepha von Stipplin (morganatic) | ||||
Issue | Leopoldine, Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | ||||
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House | House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | ||||
Father | Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | ||||
Mother | Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Wanfried |
Charles Thomas, 3rd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 March 1714 – 6 June 1789) was from 1735 to 1789 the third Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
Family
Charles Thomas was the eldest son and second children of Dominic Marquard, 2nd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1690–1735) and his wife Christine Franziska Polyxena (1688-1728) a daughter of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried by his second wife Countess Juliane Alexandrine of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
On 7 July 1736 in Vienna he married Princess Maria Charlotte of Holstein-Wiesenburg (1718–1765). Their only child and daughter Leopoldine (1739 - 1765) married in 1761 her cousin, Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742-1796). After the death of his first wife, he married morganatically on 4 February 1770 Maria Josepha von Stipplin (1735-1799). This marriage was without issue.
Study
Charles Thomas studied in Prague and in Paris. From 1735 he was a corresponding member of the Académie française and during his life he hold a large library.[1]
Reign
Successor
After more than fifty years as reigning prince and without legitimate male heirs, Charles Thomas was succeeded after his death by his nephew, Dominic Constantine (1762-1814), son of his youngest brother Prince Theodor Alexander of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1722-1780).
Bibliography
- Harald Stockert: Adel im Übergang. Die Fürsten und Grafen von Löwenstein-Wertheim zwischen Landesherrschaft und Standesherrschaft 1780-1850, Verlag Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-17-016605-0
- Christian Schreck: Hofstaat und Verwaltung der Fürsten von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort im 18. Jahrhundert. Leidorf, Rahden/Westfalen, 2006
Footnotes
- ↑ Harald Stockert: Adel im Übergang, S. 20
Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort Born: 7 March 1714 Died: 6 June 1789 | ||
Preceded by Dominic Marquard |
Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1735-1789 |
Succeeded by Dominic Constantine |