European Heraldry :: Landgraves and Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt

George I (1547-1596) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567, fourth son of Philip I the Magnanimous. Married Magdalene of Lippe (1552–1587) daughter of Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe.

Louis V (1577 – 1626) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Married Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582 – 1616) daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg.

George II (1605 – 1661) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609 –1671) daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony.

Louis VI (1630 – 1678) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Married firstly Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634 – 1665) daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and secondly Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Louis VII (1658 – 1678) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Ernest Louis (1667 – 1739) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Knight of the Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle. Married Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705) daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Louis VIII “Jagdlandgraf” (1691 – 1768) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Commander of the Order of the Saint-Esprit. Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert. Married Charlotte, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700 – 1726) daughter and heiress of Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau.

Louis IX (1719 –1790) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Married Caroline of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1721 – 1774) daughter of Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken.
Louis X (I) (1753 –1830) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1814. See below

Louis I (X) (1753 –1830) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1814. Founder and Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order in 1807. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Married his cousin, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761 – 1829) daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Louis II (1777–1848) Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 to 1848. Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order. Founder and Grandmaster of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous in 1840. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the White Falcon. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Married Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788 – 1836) daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden.

Louis III (1806 – 1877) Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order. Grandmaster of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Garter. Married firstly Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813 – 1862) daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria and secondly morganatically Anna Magdalena Appel (1846 – 1917) created Baroness of Hochstädten, daughter of Johann Heinrich Appel.

Louis IV (1837 – 1892) Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order. Grandmaster of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Garter. Married firstly Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843 – 1878) daughter of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland and secondly morganatically Alexandrine von Hutten-Czapska (1854–1941) daughter of Count Adam von Hutten-Czapski.

Ernest Louis (1868 – 1937) Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine until 1918, Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order. Grandmaster of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Garter. Married firstly Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876 – 1936) (divorced 1901) daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh and secondly Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871 – 1937) daughter of Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.

Friedrich of Hesse-Darmstadt (1616–1682) Cardinal from 1655 and Prince-Bishop of Breslau from 1671. Son of Louis V (1577 – 1626) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.