Hij is getrouwd met Charlotte Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1717, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.
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Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Louis VIII
Portrait by Johann Christian Fiedler
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Reign12 September 1739 –
17 October 1768
PredecessorErnest Louis
SuccessorLouis IX
Born5 April 1691
Darmstadt
Died17 October 1768 (aged 77)
Darmstadt
BurialStadtkirche Darmstadt
SpouseCountess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
(m. 1717; died 1726)
IssueLouis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Prince George William
Caroline Louise, Margravine of Baden
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherErnest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherDorothea 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
A deer hunt near Darmstadt. Painting by Georg Adam Eger 1755
In 1717, he was married to Countess Charlotte Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg and he received Hanau-Lichtenberg as an addition to his dominions. 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
Ancestors of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt[1]
8. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
4. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
9. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
2. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
10. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
5. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
11. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
1. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
12. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
6. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
13. Sophie of Solms-Laubach
3. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
14. Joachim Ernst of Oettingen-Oettingen
7. Sofie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
15. Anna Sibylle of Solms
External links
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The Age of Absolutism in Hesse-Darmstadt (German)
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
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
Born: 5 April 1691 Died: 17 October 1768
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Ernest Louis
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
1739–1768Succeeded by
Louis IX
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