Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
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Victor of Hesse-Rotenburg (Victor Amadeus; 2 September 1779 – 12 November 1834) was the last Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. Victor was also the Prince of Corvey from 1815 and Duke of Ratibor from 1821. His namesake was his second cousin King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
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Jérôme Bonaparte
, King of Westphalia, appointed him as his Chamberlain. Victor Amadeus rejected this by pointing out he was a subject of the Holy Roman Empire
. Then he accused the king of the felony, after which Victor Amadeus fled. Victor Amadeus was then forced to transfer to the king the palace in Rotenburg in Kassel to cover his debt of 35,000 dollars. The king confirmed him on 10 July 1813 as Prince, Victor Amadeus refused to continue service of the king to enter into the.
In preparing the new constitution on administrative reform in Hesse in 1821, he rejected any involvement from. He regarded the provisions as binding on himself and his possessions. Repeatedly, there were negotiations with the Landgrave, to him an indemnity against Quantum, which was initially dollars 450,000, all of its rights and land in Sydney to move to the assignment. Victor Amadeus in 1815 came to Hesse-Rotenburg current territory on the Rhine (St. Goar and Rheinfels) to Prussia. In compensation he received the principalities Ratibor and Corvey under Prussian sovereignty as Allodialvermögen. He moved from 1825 to 1833, the court library of 36,000 volumes Rotenburger to Corvey.
. Victor Amadeus was the last Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. In his first marriage (1799) by remained childless. After her death in 1806, he married in 1812 Elisabeth zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who gave birth to a dead daughter. After the death of his second wife, he remarried in 1831 to Eleonore of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim. This marriage remained childless till the death of Victor Amadesu in 1834.
His possessions Ratibor and Corvey he bequeathed to his nephew to Victor Hohenlohe as were his titles of Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey. The property belonged next to the former monastery of Corvey in Westphalia, the rule Ratibor in Upper Silesia. This area was 34,000 ha in size and consisted mostly of forests.
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until declaring war on revolutionary France in 1792...
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Biography
Victor Amadeus was a son of the Charles Emmanuel of Hesse-Rotenburg (1746–1812) and his wife Leopoldina of Liechtenstein (1754–1823), daughter of Prince Franz Josef IFranz Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Franz de Paula Joseph Johann Nepomuk Andreas was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1772 until his death.- Biography :...
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Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia...
, King of Westphalia, appointed him as his Chamberlain. Victor Amadeus rejected this by pointing out he was a subject of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
. Then he accused the king of the felony, after which Victor Amadeus fled. Victor Amadeus was then forced to transfer to the king the palace in Rotenburg in Kassel to cover his debt of 35,000 dollars. The king confirmed him on 10 July 1813 as Prince, Victor Amadeus refused to continue service of the king to enter into the.
In preparing the new constitution on administrative reform in Hesse in 1821, he rejected any involvement from. He regarded the provisions as binding on himself and his possessions. Repeatedly, there were negotiations with the Landgrave, to him an indemnity against Quantum, which was initially dollars 450,000, all of its rights and land in Sydney to move to the assignment. Victor Amadeus in 1815 came to Hesse-Rotenburg current territory on the Rhine (St. Goar and Rheinfels) to Prussia. In compensation he received the principalities Ratibor and Corvey under Prussian sovereignty as Allodialvermögen. He moved from 1825 to 1833, the court library of 36,000 volumes Rotenburger to Corvey.
Family
His godfather was a nephew of Victor Amadeus III of SardiniaVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until declaring war on revolutionary France in 1792...
. Victor Amadeus was the last Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. In his first marriage (1799) by remained childless. After her death in 1806, he married in 1812 Elisabeth zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who gave birth to a dead daughter. After the death of his second wife, he remarried in 1831 to Eleonore of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim. This marriage remained childless till the death of Victor Amadesu in 1834.
His possessions Ratibor and Corvey he bequeathed to his nephew to Victor Hohenlohe as were his titles of Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey. The property belonged next to the former monastery of Corvey in Westphalia, the rule Ratibor in Upper Silesia. This area was 34,000 ha in size and consisted mostly of forests.
Marriages
- Princess Leopoldine of Fürstenberg (10 April 1781 – 7 June 1806) married 20 October 1799, no issue;
- Princess Elisabetha of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (22 November 1790 – 6 October 1830) married on 10 September 1812, no issue;
- Countess Eleonora of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Gerlachsheim (13 July 1799 – 10 November 1851) married 19 November 1831, no issue.
Literature
- Small guide to the Rotenburger Quart 1627-1834 and the Princely House of Hesse-Rotenburg. Geschichtsverein old district of Rotenburg, ISBN 3r-00-010155-1
- Communications of the Association for History and Geography of Hesse Kassel eV. ISSN 0176-3121
Titles and styles
- 2 September 1779 – 23 March 1812 His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg
- 23 March 1812 – 12 November 1834 His Serene Highness the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg