Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Louis VIII | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
Reign | 12 September 1739 – 17 October 1768 |
Predecessor | Ernest Louis |
Successor | Louis IX |
Born | Darmstadt | 5 April 1691
Died | 17 October 1768 Darmstadt | (aged 77)
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Spouse | |
Issue | Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Prince George William Caroline Louise, Margravine of Baden |
House | Hesse-Darmstadt |
Father | Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Mother | Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Louis VIII (German: Ludwig; 5 April 1691 – 17 October 1768) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768. He was the son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Life
In 1717, he was married to Countess Charlotte Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg and he received Hanau-Lichtenberg as an addition to his dominions. His mistress was Helena Martini. Because of his passion for hunting, he is known as the "Hunting Landgrave" (German: Jagdlandgraf). During the Seven Years' War he stood on the side of the Emperor and received the rank of General Field Marshal.
Like his father, Louis was not a gifted economist and only his good relationship with Empress Maria Theresa and her intervention at the Imperial Court Council kept the Landgraviate from bankruptcy. However, his caring for his country is documented by the establishment of a textile house in 1742 and a state orphanage in the 1746.
Issue
Children:
- Landgrave Louis IX, married in 1741 Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, had issue
- Prince George William, married in 1748 Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, had issue
- Princess Caroline Louise; married in 1751 Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden, later first Grand Duke of Baden, had issue
Ancestors
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External links
Sources
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 67.
- Die Geschichte Hessens, Gerd Bauer, Heiner Boencke, Hans Sarkowicz; Eichborn, 2002, p. 193-194
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- 1691 births
- 1768 deaths
- Nobility from Darmstadt
- Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Generals of the Holy Roman Empire