Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626 .

Born 24th September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe.

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. Lutherian 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.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse

8. William II, Landgrave of Hesse

17. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach

4. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

18. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow

9. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

19. Sophie of Pommern-Wolgast

2. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

20. Albert, Duke of Saxony

10. George, Duke of Saxony

21. Sidonia of Kunstadt-Podiebrad

5. Christine of Saxony

22. Casimir IV Jagiellon

11. Barbara of Poland

23. Elisabeth of Austria

1. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

24. Bernhard VII, Herr zu Lippe

12. Simon V zur Lippe

25. Anna of Holstein-Schauenburg

6. Bernhard VIII, Herr zur Lippe

26. Gebhard VII, Count of Mansfeld-Mittelort

13. Magdalena of Mansfeld

27. Margarethe of Gleichen-Blankenhain

3. Magdalene of Lippe

28. Philipp II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

14. Philipp III, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

29. Katharina zu Solms-Lich

7. Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg

30. John II, Duke of Cleves

15. Anna of Cleves

31. Mathilda of Hesse

[edit] Issue

He married Magdalena von Brandenburg and had issue:

• Elisabeth Magdalene Duchess of Württemberg-Montbéliard; 23 April 1600 (Darmstadt) – 9 June 1624 (Montbéliard).
• Anna Eleonore Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt; 30 July 1601 – 6 May 1659.
• Sofie Agnes Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt; 12 January 1604 (Darmstadt) – 8 September 1664 (Hilpoltstein).
• Georg II Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; 17 March 1605 – 11 June 1661.
• Juliane Princess of Hesse; 14 April 1606 (Darmstadt) – 15 January 1659 (Hanover).
• Amalie Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt; 20 June 1607 – 11 September 1627.
• Johann Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt; 17 June 1609 (Darmstadt) , – 1 April 1651 (Ems).
• Heinrich Count of Hesse-Darmstadt; 1 April 1612 (Darmstadt) – 21 October 1629.
• Hedwig Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt; 22 June 1613 Darmstadt – 2 March 1614.
• Ludwig Count of Hesse-Darmstadt; 12 September 1614 (Darmstadt) – 16 September 1614.
• Friedrich Count of Hesse-Darmstadt; 28 February 1616 (Darmstadt) – 19 February 1682.
  

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. See, Sidus Ludoviciana in German WIKIPEDIA.

Preceded by George I

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 1596–1626

Succeeded by George II