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Name
  
Louis Landgrave


Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Issue
  
Caroline, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg Frederica Louisa, Queen of Prussia Louis X and I Amalie, Hereditary Princess of Baden Wilhelmina Louisa, Tsarevna of Russia Louisa Augusta, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Frederick Prince Christian

Father
  
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Mother
  
Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Died
  
April 6, 1790, Pirmasens, Germany

Spouse
  
Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrucken (m. 1741)

House
  
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

Children
  
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse

Parents
  
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Similar People
  
Princess Amalie of Hesse‑Darmstadt, Natalia Alexeievna, Charles Louis - Hereditar, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Caroline of Baden

Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig) (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg.

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He was born in Darmstadt on 15 December 1719. On 12 August 1741, Louis married Caroline of Zweibrücken, daughter of Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken. They had three sons and five daughters, including:

  • Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746–1821), married Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
  • Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751–1805), married King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and became Queen of Prussia
  • Prince Louis X (1753–1830), later Grand Duke Louis I
  • Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832), married Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden
  • Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hessen-Darmstadt (1755–1776), married Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich of Russia, later emperor
  • Princess Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757–1830), married Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  • Prince Frederick (1759–1802)
  • Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt (1763–1830)
  • In 1775, Louis married Marie Adelaide of Cheirouze, countess of Lemberg. On 6 April 1790 Louis died in Pirmasens.

    References

    Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Wikipedia