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Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (8 December 1623 Kassel – 2 May 1693 Cologne) was from 1649 to 1658 his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels and from 1658 until his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. Because his brothers died young all later Landgraves in the Rotenburg Quarter are descendants of Ernest. Hence Ernest is known as the ancestor of the Catholic Rotenburg Quarter a group of junior lines of the House of Hesse.
