Louis VII (22 June 165831 August 1678) was
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt () was a Imperial State, State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse among the four sons of Landgr ...
from April 1678 until his death in August of that year.
Early life
Louis VII was the son of Landgrave
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife
Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (6 June 1634, in Gottorp Castle – 17 June 1665, in Darmstadt), was by marriage landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Life
Mary Elizabeth was a daughter of the Frederick III of Schleswig-Holstein-Gotto ...
.
Reign
Following the death of his father, he began to reign as
Landgrave
Landgrave (, , , ; , ', ', ', ', ') was a rank of nobility used in the Holy Roman Empire, and its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), and ' ("count palatine") are of roughly equal rank, subordinate to ' ("duke"), and su ...
on 24 April 1678. He reigned only 18 weeks and four days before he died from an infection on 31 August 1678.
Ancestors
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1658 births
1678 deaths
House of Hesse-Darmstadt
17th-century German nobility
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