Landgravine Victoria of Hesse-Rotenburg
Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg (Anna Viktoria Maria Christina; 25 February 1728 – 1 July 1792[1]) was a princess of Hesse by birth, and the Princess of Soubise by marriage. Her husband was a renowned French commander, known as the Maréchal de Soubise. She died without descendants.
Biography
Born in Rotenburg an der Fulda to Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg and his wife, she was the eldest of four children.[1]
She married Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise on 23 December 1745 at the château des Rohan in Saverne.[1] He was head of the cadet branch of the wealthy and powerful House of Rohan, which, enjoyed the rank of princes étrangers at the court of Versailles.
Her husband was a two-time widower, having been married first to Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne[2] (1722–1739), and secondly to Princess Anne Thérese of Savoy-Carignan[3] (1717–1745). Victoire had two step-daughters from these marriages; Charlotte, future Princess of Condé and Madame de Guéméné, who became governess of the children of Louis XVI.
Among her first cousins were King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and the tragic princesse de Lamballe.
Like her husband, she took lovers outside her marriage. In 1757, by order of Louis XV, she was arrested in Tournai, purportedly for having stolen 900,000 livres worth of jewels from her husband in order to run away with her apparent lover, Monsieur de Laval-Montmorency.
The couple separated and her parents were given a pension of 24,000 livres to take Victoire, exiled from court, to dwell with them at Echternach. The couple had no children and Victoire died in Paris,[1] having outlived her husband by five years to the day.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Landgravine Victoria of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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16. Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg |
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8. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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17. Marie Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms |
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4. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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18. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
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9. Countess Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
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19. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg |
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2. Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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20. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort =18 |
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10. Maximilian Carl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
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21. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg =19 |
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5. Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
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22. Mathias Khuen, Count von Lichtenberg und Gandegg |
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11. Countess Maria Polyxena Khuen von Lichtenberg |
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23. Countess Anna Susanna von Meggau zu Kreutzen |
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1. Princess Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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24. Leopold Philip Charles, Prince of Salm |
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12. Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm |
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25. Countess Maria Anna of Bronckhorst-Anholt |
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6. Louis Otto, Prince of Salm |
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26. Prince Palatine Edward |
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13. Princess Palatine Luise Marie |
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27. Princess Anna of Mantua |
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3. Christina of Salm |
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28. Johann Ludwig, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar |
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14. Moritz Heinrich, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar |
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29. Countess Ursula of Lippe |
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7. Princess Albertine of Nassau-Hadamar |
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30. Salentin Ernst, Count of Manderscheid-Blankenheim |
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15. Countess Anna Luise of Manderscheid-Blankenheim |
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31. Countess Ernestine Salentine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn |
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Titles and styles
- 25 February 1728 – 23 December 1745 Princess Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg
- 23 December 1745 – 1 July 1787 Her Highness the Princess of Soubise
- 1 July 1787 – 1 July 1792 Her Highness the Dowager Princess of Soubise
References and notes
See also
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The generations start from the children of Herman, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and his brother Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
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| 1st Generation |
Landgravine Juliana
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| 2nd Generation |
Landgravine Eleonore · Maria Eleonore, Countess Palatine of Sulzbach · Elisabeth, Princess of Nassau-Hadamar · Landgravine Sophie · Landgravine Maria Amelie Wilhelmine · Joaneta, Abbess of Essen · Ernestina, Countess of La Cerda de Villa Longa
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| 3rd Generation |
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| 4th Generation |
Victoria, Princess of Soubise · Maria Ludovika, Duchess of Hoogstraeten · Landgravine Leopoldine · Landgravine Klementine · Hedwig, Duchess of Bouillon · Landgravine Antonie · Landgravine Wilhelmine · Landgravine Leopoldine · Landgravine Frederica
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| 5th Generation |
Clotilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Victoria, Landgravine Of Hesse-Rotenburg |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
25 February 1728 |
| Place of birth |
Rotenburg Castle, Germany |
| Date of death |
1 July 1792 |
| Place of death |
Paris, France |