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Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI
of
Hesse-Darmstadt
was
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
from 1661 to 1678.
He was the eldest of three sons of the
Landgrave
George II of Hesse-Darmstadt
and
Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
.
Marriage and
children
Louis
VI was married twice.
1. On
24 November
1650
he married
Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
,
daughter
of
Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
. They had eight children:
Magdalene Sybille
a renowned composer of baroque churchsongs; she married
Duke William
Louis of Württemberg
.
Sophie Eleonore.
George.
Marie Elisabeth
married in 1676 Duke
Henry of Saxe-Römhild
.
Auguste Magdalene
.
Louis, his successor.
Frederick
Sophie Marie
married in 1681 Duke
Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg
.
2. On
5 December
1666 he married
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
, daughter of
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
. They also had eight children.
Ernst Louis
, successor of his half-brother
Louis VII
who ruled for only 4 months
Georg
, renowned
Field Marshal
, killed in Barcelona
Sophie Louise, married Albrecht
Ernst II
von Oettingen-Oettingen
Philip
, Imperial Field Marshal and governor of Mantua, married in
1693
princess
Marie Therese
of Croy ;
Enrichetta Maria d'Este
was their daughter
Johann
Heinrich
Elisabeth Dorothea, married
Frederick III Jakob of Hessen-Homburg
Friedrich
,
killed in battle
Ancestors