Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis V
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born	24 September 1577 Darmstadt
Died	27 July 1626 near Rheinfels
Spouse	Magdalena von Brandenburg
Issue more...	Anna Eleonore George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Juliane John Frederick
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Magdalene of Lippe

Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig; 24 September 1577 – 27 July 1626) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.

He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe.

In 1604 he inherited a part of Hessen-Marburg after the death of Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg who was childless. The other half went to Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), but since Maurice was a Calvinist, Ludwig claimed a right on the whole of Hesse-Marburg. Lutheran professors of the University of Marburg who refused to convert to Calvinism founded in 1607 the University of Gießen which was named Ludoviciana.

This led to a conflict during the Thirty Years' War, between Louis V, who stood on the side of the Emperor, and Maurice, who was on the side of the Protestants. Hesse-Darmstadt suffered severely from the ravages from the Swedes during the conflict.

The Landgrave died in 1626 and he was succeeded by George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

In 1722, Johann Georg Liebknecht, an astronomer at the University of Gießen, named a star, which he thought was a planet, Sidus Ludoviciana after Ludwig V.

Issue

He married Magdalena von Brandenburg and had issue:

• Elisabeth Magdalene, Duchess of Württemberg-Montbéliard; 23 April 1600 (Darmstadt) – 9 June 1624 (Montbéliard).
• Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt; 30 July 1601 – 6 May 1659.
• Sofie Agnes of Hesse-Darmstadt; 12 January 1604 (Darmstadt) – 8 September 1664 (Hilpoltstein).
• George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; 17 March 1605 – 11 June 1661.
• Juliane of Hesse-Darmstadt; 14 April 1606 (Darmstadt) – 15 January 1659 (Hanover).
• Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt; 20 June 1607 – 11 September 1627.
• John of Hesse-Braubach; 17 June 1609 (Darmstadt), – 1 April 1651 (Ems).
• Henry of Hesse-Darmstadt; 1 April 1612 (Darmstadt) – 21 October 1629.
• Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt; 22 June 1613 Darmstadt – 2 March 1614.
• Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt; 12 September 1614 (Darmstadt) – 16 September 1614.
• Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt; 28 February 1616 (Darmstadt) – 19 February 1682.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

16. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse               8. William II, Landgrave of Hesse                       17. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach               4. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                             18. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow               9. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       19. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin               2. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   20. Albert, Duke of Saxony               10. George, Duke of Saxony                       21. Sidonie of Poděbrady               5. Christine of Saxony                             22. Casimir IV Jagiellon               11. Barbara Jagiellon                       23. Elisabeth of Austria               1. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                                         24. Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe               12. Simon V, Count of Lippe                       25. Anna of Holstein-Schauenburg               6. Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe                             26. Gebhard VII, Count of Mansfeld-Mittelort               13. Magdalena of Mansfeld                       27. Margarethe of Gleichen-Blankenhain               3. Magdalene of Lippe                                   28. Philip II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg               14. Philip III, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg                       29. Katharina zu Solms-Lich               7. Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg                             30. John II, Duke of Cleves               15. Anna of Cleves                       31. Mathilde of Hesse

References

• Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie "Ludwig V." (in German)