Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg

Polyxena of Hesse- Rotenburg ( born September 21, 1706 Langenschwalbach; † January 13, 1735 in Turin) was the second wife of Charles Emmanuel III (Italian: Carlo Emanuele III. ), King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy..

She was from 1720 until marriage abbess in the monastery Thorn and from 1721 also in the convent of Essen, where her Aufschwörung was submitted on September 21, 1721.

The marriage took place in Thonon on 23 July 1724. Your sprang from the children:

  • Victor Amadeus III. (* June 26, 1726, † October 16, 1796 ), King of Sardinia
  • Maria Eleonore (* February 28, 1728; † August 14, 1781 ), Princess of Savoy.
  • Maria Luisa (* March 25, 1729, † June 22, 1767 ), Princess of Savoy.
  • Maria Felicite (* March 19, 1730, † May 13, 1801 ), Princess of Savoy.
  • Giovanni Carlo ( * May 17, 1731, † April 23, 1735 ), Duke of Aosta
  • Carlo Francesco ( * July 23, 1733, † December 28, 1733 ), Duke of Chablais

Polyxena was a daughter of Landgrave Ernst Leopold of Hesse- Rotenburg (* 1684, † 1749) and his wife Eleonore Maria Anna of Löwenstein -Wertheim and great-granddaughter of Landgrave Ernst I of Hesse- Rhine rock -Rotenburg (* 1623, † 1693).

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