Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (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.

Marriage and children

Louis VI was married twice.

On 24 November 1650 he married his first cousin Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), daughter of his maternal uncle Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. They had eight children:

Magdalene Sybille (28 April 1652–11 August 1712) a renowned composer of baroque churchsongs; she married Duke William Louis of Württemberg. Sophie Eleonore (19 January 1653 - 21 August 1653), died in infancy. George (3 July 1654 –1 August 1655), died in infancy. Marie Elisabeth (1656–1715) married in 1676 Duke Henry of Saxe-Römhild. Auguste Magdalene (1657–1674), died young. Louis (22 June 1658–31 August 1678), his successor (Louis VII). They also had eight children.

Ernst Louis (1667–1739), successor of his half-brother Louis VII who ruled for only 4 months Georg (1669–1705), renowned Field Marshal, killed in Barcelona Sophie Louise (6 July 1670 – 2 June 1758), married Prince Albert Ernest II of Oettingen-Oettingen (1669–1731) Philip (1671–1736), Imperial Field Marshal and governor of Mantua, married in 1693 Princess Marie Therese of Croy (1673–1714); Princess Enrichetta d'Este was their daughter-in-law Johann (3 June 1672 – 26 August 1673), died in infancy. Heinrich (26 September 1674 – 31 January 1741), was a general, never married and had no issue. Elisabeth Dorothea (24 April 1676 – 9 September 1721), married Frederick III Jakob of Hessen-Homburg (1673–1746) Frederick (18 September 1677 – 13 October 1708), killed in battle. Married morganatically and had issue.