Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis IX
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Portrait of Louis IX around 1780 in the Musée historique de Strasbourg
Born	15 December 1719 Darmstadt
Died	6 April 1790 (aged 70) Pirmasens
Spouse	Caroline of Zweibrücken
Issue	Caroline, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg Frederica Louisa, Queen of Prussia Louis X and I Amalie, Hereditary Princess of Baden Wilhelmina Louisa, Tsarevna of Russia Louisa Augusta, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Frederick Prince Christian
House	House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig) (December 15, 1719 – April 6, 1790) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg.

He was born in Darmstadt on 15 December 1719. On 12 August 1741, Louis married Caroline of Zweibrücken, 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
• Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832), married 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 (1759–1802)
• Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt (1763–1830)

In 1775, Louis married Marie Adelaide of Cheirouze, countess of Lemberg. On 6 April 1790 Louis died in Pirmasens.

Ancestry

Family of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg               Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach               Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       Sofie Margarete of Oettingen               Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg               Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler               Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                             Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach               Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach

External links

• Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie "Ludwig (Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt)" (in German)

Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt House of Hesse-Darmstadt Cadet branch of the House of Hesse Born: 15 December 1719 Died: 6 April 1790
Regnal titles
Preceded by Louis VIII	Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 1768–1790	Succeeded by Louis X as Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine