Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.
Early life
He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe, daughter of Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe.Biography
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, 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
Louis V married Magdalene of Brandenburg, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg by his third wife, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. They had issue:- Elisabeth Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt, who married Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard.
- Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Sofie Agnes of Hesse-Darmstadt married Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein.
- George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Juliane of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt never married
- John, Landgrave of Hesse-Braubach
- Henry of Hesse-Darmstadt Never married or had children.
- Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt Died young
- Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt Died in infancy
- Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt