Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt () (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) was
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 to 1790.
Overview
Louis IX was a son of
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and
Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg.
His main residence was his palace in Pirmasens,
Schloss Pirmasens
He was born in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
on 15 December 1719. On 12 August 1741, Louis married
Caroline, daughter of
Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken. They had three sons and five daughters, including:
* Princess
Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746–1821), married
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
* Princess
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751–1805), married
King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and became Queen of Prussia
* Prince
Louis X (1753–1830), later Grand Duke Louis I, married his first cousin
Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
* Princess
Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832), married her first cousin
Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden
* Princess
Wilhelmina Louisa of Hessen-Darmstadt (1755–1776), married
Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich of Russia, later emperor
* Princess
Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757–1830), married
Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Prince Frederick (10 June 1759 – 11 March 1802) Never married and had no issue.
* Prince
Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt (1763–1830)
* A stillborn son on 3 May 1742
In 1775, Louis IX married Marie Adelaide of Cheirouze, countess of Lemberg. On 6 April 1790, Louis died in
Pirmasens.
Additionally Louis had an extramarital son with Ernestine Rosine Doll:
* Ernest Louis von Hessenzeig (10 November 1761 - 22 December 1774) Died young
Royal descendants
Dotted lines indicate marriage.
Ancestry
See also
*
John William Friso and
Marie Louise of Hesse-KasselMost recent common ancestors of all reigning hereditary European monarchs from the end of World War II until 2022
*
Christian IX of Denmark and
Louise of Hesse-KasselCommon ancestors of many reigning hereditary European monarchs
**
Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark
References
External links
*
Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' "Ludwig (Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt)" (in German)
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Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt
1719 births
1790 deaths
Nobility from Darmstadt
Generals of the Holy Roman Empire