Grand Duke Louis I of Hesse

From redevance
HRH The Grand Duke of Hesse
Titles Grand Duke of Hesse
Reign 14 August 1806 - 6 April 1830
Coronation 14 August 1806
Successor Louis II
Biographical Information
Born 14 June 1753

Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire

Died 6 April 1830 (aged 76)

Darmstadt, Hesse

Spouse Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

(m. 1777; w. 1829)

Issue Louis II

Princess Louise
Prince Georg
Prince Friedrich
Prince Emil
Prince Gustav

Name Louis
House Hesse
Father Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother Princess Caroline of Zweibrucken
Religion Evangelical Church of Germany

General

Life[edit | edit source]

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Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

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Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Louis II 26 December 1777 16 June 1848 (aged 70) Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (m. 1804); had issue
Princess Louise 16 January 1779 18 April 1811 (aged 32) Prince Louis of Anhalt-Kothen (m. 1800); had issue
Prince Georg 31 August 1780 17 April 1856 (aged 75) Caroline Torok de Szendro (m. 1804); had issue
Prince Friedrich 14 May 1788 16 March 1867 (aged 78) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Emil 3 June 1790 30 April 1856 (aged 65) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Gustav 18 December 1791 30 January 1806 (aged 14) Died in adolescence

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1753-1768 Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • 1768-1790 Louis, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • 1790-1806 Louis X, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • 1806-1830 Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Anbsach

Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Margrave Albert II of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Countess Sofie Margarete of Oettingen

Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Anbsach

Countess Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach

Princess Caroline of Zweibrucken Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken

Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld

Countess Katherina Agathe of Rappottstein

Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Countess Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrucken

Johann Jakob, Count of Rappottstein

Countess Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg

Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen