Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg | |||||
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Queen consort of Sardinia | |||||
Tenure | 3 September 1730 – 13 January 1735 | ||||
Born | Langenschwalbach, Hesse | 21 September 1706||||
Died | 13 January 1735 Royal Palace of Turin | (aged 28)||||
Burial | 1786 Basilica of Superga, Turin | ||||
Spouse | Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia | ||||
Issue | Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia Princess Eleonora Princess Maria Luisa Princess Maria Felicita Prince Emanuele Filiberto Carlo, Duke of Chablais | ||||
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House | Hesse-Rotenburg | ||||
Father | Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg[1] | ||||
Mother | Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort[2] |
Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (Polyxena Christina Johanna; 21 September 1706 – 13 January 1735) was the second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont whom she married in 1724. The mother of the future Victor Amadeus III, she was Queen of Sardinia from 1730 until her death in 1735.[3]