Maria Eva Sophia von Starhemberg

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Landgravine Maria Eva Sophia von Hessen-Rotenburg (born October 28, 1722 in London , † December 12, 1773 in Strasbourg ), née Countess von Starhemberg .

She is the daughter of Konrad Sigismund Graf von Starhemberg (1689–1727) and Maria Leopoldine zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1689–1763), daughter of Maximilian Karl von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort . In her first marriage, Sophia von Starhemberg was married to the Prince of Orange , Willem Hyazinth von Nassau-Siegen (1666–1743), but they did not have any children. After his death in 1743, she married Ernst Konstantin , Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg , for a second time in 1745 . From this connection come five sons and six daughters:

  • Karl Emanuel (1746–1812) ⚭ Leopoldine von Liechtenstein (1754–1823)
  • Alois (1749)
  • Christian (1750–1782), priest
  • Karl (1752-1821), French general, ("Citoyen Hesse")
  • Ernst (1758–1784) ⚭ Christine von Bardeleben (1765–1835)
  • Clementine Franziska Ernestina Leopoldina (1747–1813), Abbess in Susteren , Limburg
  • Maria Hedwig Eleonora (1748–1801) ⚭ Jacques Leopold de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duke de Bouillon (1746–1802)
  • Maria Antonie Friederica Josepha (1753–1823)
  • Wilhelmine Maria (1755–1816), nun
  • Leopoldine Luisa Maria (1756–1761)
  • Friederike Christina Maria (1760)
personal data
SURNAME Starhemberg, Maria Eva Sophia von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hessen-Rotenburg, Maria Eva Sophia von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION by marriage to Landgravine von Hessen-Rotenburg
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1773
Place of death Strasbourg