Eleonore
Countess Palatine of Sulzbach
Born	17 October 1712 Schloss Rotenburg
Died	23 May 1759 (1759-05-23) (aged 46) Neuburg an der Donau
Spouse	John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Father	Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Mother	Eleonore of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

Princess Eleonore Philippina of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg ^[1] (Eleonore Philippina Christina Sophia; 17 October 1712 – 23 May 1759) was the consort of John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach , whose two children were both by his first wife, Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne .

Biography [ edit ]

Born at the Landgrave’s Palace in Rotenburg an der Fulda she was the seventh child of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg by his wife, Countess Eleonore of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort . Her parents were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Ferdinand Karl, Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort . Her father, head of the only Roman Catholic branch of the House of Hesse , ^[2] became ruler of Hesse-Rotenburg in 1725. She travelled to Turin where her sister Polyxena was the consort of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia . ^[3]

Her husband had previously been married to Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne , who had died in 1728 after childbirth. He, too, was his wife's first cousin, Eleonore's father being a brother of John Christian's mother Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg . She married John Christian in Mannheim on 21 January 1731. The next year, her husband succeeded as ruler of Sulzbach. The marriage remained childless and she became a widow in 1733. She traveled to Neuburg an der Donau where she died in 1759. ^{[ citation needed ]}

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Bibliography [ edit ]

• Huberty, Michel; Giraud, F. Alain; Magdelaine, F. & B (1976), L'Allemagne Dynastique (Tome I Hesse-Reuss-Saxe) , Le Perreux: A. Giraud, ISBN   2-901138-01-2

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