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Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig) (25 January 1630 – 24 April 1678) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.[1]

Louis VI

11 June 1661 –
24 April 1678

George II

Louis VII

(1630-01-25)25 January 1630
Darmstadt

24 April 1678(1678-04-24) (aged 48)
Darmstadt

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(m. 1650; died 1665)​
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(m. 1666)​

George
Magdalene Sybille
Sophie Eleonore
Marie Elisabeth
Auguste Magdalene
Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Friedrich
Sophie Marie
Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt
Sophie Louise
Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt
Johann
Heinrich
Elisabeth Dorothea
Friedrich

Hesse-Darmstadt

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.

(28 April 1652–11 August 1712) a renowned composer of baroque churchsongs; she married Duke William Louis of Württemberg.[3]

Magdalene Sybille

Sophie Eleonore (born and died 1653).

George (1654–1655).

(1656–1715) married in 1676 Duke Henry of Saxe-Römhild.

Marie Elisabeth

(1657–1674).

Auguste Magdalene

(22 June 1658–31 August 1678), his successor (Louis VII).[4]

Louis

(1659–1676)

Frederick

(1661–1712) married in 1681 Duke Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653–1707).

Sophie Marie

Louis VI was married twice.


1. On 24 November 1650 he married his first cousin Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), daughter of his maternal uncle Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.[2] They had eight children:


2. On 5 December 1666 he married Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709), daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.[5] They also had eight children.