Dominik Constantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

Dominik Constantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

Dominik Constantin Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (born May 16, 1762 in Nancy ; † April 18, 1814 Frankfurt am Main ) was the fourth and last ruling prince from the Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort line .

Life

Dominik Constantin was the first son of Theodor Alexander zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (* September 18, 1722; † February 27, 1780) and his wife Katharina Luise Eleonore Countess of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Emichsburg (* February 1, 1735; † 25 February 1805), daughter of Count Karl Ludwig von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Emichsburg . He was followed by seven other siblings, but only two of them reached adulthood. His baptism took place on the day of his birth in the parish church of St. Roch in Nancy. Dominik Constantin grew up here and in Strasbourg ; in the latter city he also attended military school. In Fulda he started studying under the constant supervision of a court master, and since it was foreseeable that he would follow his uncle Karl Thomas Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim on the prince's throne, he took an apartment in Wertheim in 1783 .

Since his father Theodor Alexander had appointed two gentlemen as guardians for Dominik Constantin shortly before his death, who did not maintain a particularly friendly relationship with his uncle, the reigning prince, his allowance of 4,000 guilders a year was rather meager because his uncle no longer gave him Provided money. Probably also to improve his financial situation, he married Maria Leopoldine Princess von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, daughter of Prince Ludwig Carl Franz Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein , on May 5, 1780 , with whom he fathered seven children, but only of them four reached adulthood. The size of the family, his preference for horses and also his luxurious lifestyle led to his uncle accusing him of wastefulness and Hieronymus Heinrich von Hinckeldey, President of the Princely Administration, drawing up a budget for him that was never used. In 1782 his guardians were able to obtain an increase in the pension for him, who then only came of age at the age of 25, but this did not bring any lasting improvement - three years later the debt level was around 78,000 guilders.

Ownership patent from Prince Dominik Constantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort after the death of his predecessor

After the death of his grandmother, he inherited the Püttlingen rule in Lorraine. His uncle died on June 6, 1789, and Dominik Constantin became the fourth prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. He stayed away from his uncle's funeral in the Wertheim city church; at that time he was staying on his property in Cugnon in what is now Belgium. On July 12, 1789, he issued a service organization edict and other ordinances, but then increasingly withdrew from political affairs and indulged in his hobbies. In 1803 he received the Bronnbach Monastery .

After the death of his first wife, he married Maria Crescentia, née Countess zu Königsegg-Rothenfels, in 1807. He lived with her in luxury in Frankfurt am Main for rent on the Zeil . Since 1812/13 he called himself Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. In 1814 he died of dropsy . He was buried on the Engelberg , his heart is in the princely crypt of the Wertheim collegiate church.

family

The marriage with Maria Leopoldine Princess von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (* July 15, 1761 - February 15, 1807) had seven children, four of whom reached adulthood:

• Christiane Henriette Polyxena (* 1782; † 1811) ⚭ 1805 Franz Thaddäus , Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (* 1778; † 1845)
• Karl Thomas , nobleman and prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* 1783; † 1849) ⚭ 1799 Sophie Countess of Windisch-Grätz (* 1784; † 1848)
• Constantin Ludwig Karl Franz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* 1786; † 1844) ⚭ 1821 his niece Leopoldine Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* 1804; † 1869)
• Wilhelm Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* March 31, 1795 - † February 2, 1838) ⚭ (morganatic) 1833 Emilie David Molitor (* 1810 - † 1855), from the Grand Duke of Hesse in 1834 to wife von Nauses , and in 1838 to Baroness von Habitzheim raised

From the marriage with Maria Crescentia, née Countess zu Königsegg-Rothenfels (born January 30, 1786, † December 13, 1821), three children were born:

• August Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* 1808; † 1874)
• Maximilian Franz Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (* 1810; † 1884)
• Marie Josephine Sophie (* 1814; † 1876);

⚭I 1841 Franz Joseph Prince of Salm-Salm (* 1801; † 1842);

⚭II 1845 Karl Ludwig Prince of Solms-Braunfels (* 1812; † 1845)

literature

• Martina Heine: The last prince of the Old Kingdom. In: Wertheimer Zeitung. from May 16, 2012.
• Genealogical Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch for the year 1805, p.167

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• family tree

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl Thomas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort	Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort prince from 1789	Principality mediates Reichsdeputationshauptschluss Landlord: Karl Thomas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg