Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
| Victor | |
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| Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg | |
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| Born | 2 September 1780 Rotenburg |
| Died | 12 November 1834 (aged 55) Racibórz |
| Spouse | Leopoldine of Fürstenberg Elisabetha of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Eleonora of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Gerlachsheim |
| House | House of Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | Charles Emmanuel of Hesse-Rotenburg |
| Mother | Leopoldina of Liechtenstein |
Victor of Hesse-Rotenburg (Victor Amadeus; 2 September 1779 – 12 November 1834) was the last Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and 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. One of his nephews was his godfather.
Victor Amadeus was the son of Charles Emmanuel of Hesse-Rotenburg (1746–1812) and his wife Leopoldina of Liechtenstein (1754–1823), daughter of Prince Franz Josef I.
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, appointed him as his Chamberlain. Yet Victor Amadeus rejected this appointment by pointing out he was a subject of the Holy Roman Empire. Later he accused the king of felony and after that fled. Victor Amadeus was then forced to transfer to the king at the palace in Rotenburg in Kassel to cover his debt of 35,000 thalers. The king confirmed him on 10 July 1813 as Prince, and Victor Amadeus refused to continue service of the king.
In preparation of the new constitution on administrative reform in Hesse in 1821, he rejected any involvement. 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 450,000 dollars, all of its rights and land in Sydney to move to the assignment. In 1815, Victor Amadeus 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.
In Prague on 20 October 1799, Victor Amadeus first married Princess Leopoldine of Fürstenberg (b. 10 April 1781 - d. Prague, 7 June 1806). This marriage was childless.
In Langenburg on 10 September 1812, Victor Amadeus married his second wife, which was his relative Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. Langenburg, 22 November 1790 - d. Holitsch, 6 October 1830), daughter of Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had one child.
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