Louis VI | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
Reign | 11 June 1661 – 24 April 1678 |
Predecessor | George II |
Successor | Louis VII |
Born | Darmstadt | 25 January 1630
Died | 24 April 1678 Darmstadt | (aged 48)
Spouse | |
Issue | 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 |
House | Hesse-Darmstadt |
Father | George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Mother | Sophia Eleonore of Saxony |
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt ( German: Ludwig) (25 January 1630 – 24 April 1678) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678. [1]
He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.
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.
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