Louis VI | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
Born |
Darmstadt |
25 January 1630
Died | 24 April 1678 Darmstadt |
(aged 48)
Spouse |
Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
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 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.
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 Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. 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. They also had eight children.