Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse

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Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse

Louis III (9 June 1806, Darmstadt - 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death. He was succeeded by his nephew, Louis IV.

He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort Wilhelmine of Baden. In Munich, on December 26, 1833, he married Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria. The marriage produced no children and the Grand Duke remarried in 1868 to Baroness Magdalen of Hochstadten.

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Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karoline of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Louis of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wilhelmine of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karoline of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
Born: June 9 1806 Died: June 13 1877
German royalty
Preceded by
Louis II
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
1848-1877
Succeeded by
Louis IV

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