Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
Born | 24 September 1577 Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Died | 27 July 1626 (aged 48) near Rheinfels |
Spouse | Magdalena von Brandenburg |
Issue more... | Anna Eleonore George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Juliane John Frederick |
House | Hesse-Darmstadt |
Father | George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Mother | Magdalene of Lippe |
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig; 24 September 1577 – 27 July 1626) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.
He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe.
In 1604 he inherited a part of Hessen-Marburg after the death of Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg who was childless. The other half went to Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), but since Maurice was a Calvinist, Ludwig claimed a right on the whole of Hesse-Marburg. Lutheran professors of the University of Marburg who refused to convert to Calvinism founded in 1607 the University of Gießen which was named Ludoviciana.
This led to a conflict during the Thirty Years' War, between Louis V, who stood on the side of the Emperor, and Maurice, who was on the side of the Protestants. Hesse-Darmstadt suffered severely from the ravages from the Swedes during the conflict.
The Landgrave died in 1626 and he was succeeded by George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
In 1722, Johann Georg Liebknecht, an astronomer at the University of Gießen, named a star, which he thought was a planet, Sidus Ludoviciana after Ludwig V.
Issue
Louis V married Magdalene of Brandenburg, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg by his third wife, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. They had issue:
- Elisabeth Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (23 April 1600, Darmstadt – 9 June 1624, Montbéliard), who married Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard.
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (30 July 1601 – 6 May 1659)- Sofie Agnes of Hesse-Darmstadt (12 January 1604, Darmstadt – 8 September 1664, Hilpoltstein)
George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 March 1605 – 11 June 1661)
Juliane of Hesse-Darmstadt (14 April 1606, Darmstadt – 15 January 1659 Hanover)- Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 June 1607 – 11 September 1627)
John, Landgrave of Hesse-Braubach (17 June 1609, Darmstadt – 1 April 1651, Ems)- Henry of Hesse-Darmstadt (1 April 1612, Darmstadt – 21 October 1629)
- Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (22 June 1613, Darmstadt – 2 March 1614)
- Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (12 September 1614, Darmstadt – 16 September 1614)
Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt (28 February 1616, Darmstadt – 19 February 1682)
Ancestry
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References
- Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie "Ludwig V." (in German)
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Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt House of Hesse Born: 24 September 1577 Died: 27 July 1626 | ||
Preceded by George I | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 1596–1626 | Succeeded by George II |