Ludwig VII (Hessen-Darmstadt)
Ludwig VII of Hessen-Darmstadt (born June 22, 1658 in Darmstadt ; † August 31, 1678 in Gotha ) was Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt for a short time in 1678 .
Life
Ludwig VII. Was the son of Landgrave Ludwig VI. (1630–1678) from his first marriage to Maria Elisabeth (1634–1665), daughter of Friedrich III. from Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf .
In 1676 he was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society by Duke August von Sachsen-Weißenfels . He gave it the company name of the gracious and especially amused as a motto . He was given red mayflowers as an emblem. Ludwig's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no.865.
After the death of his father Ludwig VI. on April 24, 1678, Ludwig VII became Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt. He ruled for only 18 weeks and 4 days and died on August 31, 1678 as a result of a dysentery infection in Gotha, where he actually wanted to become engaged to Princess Erdmuthe Dorothea von Sachsen-Zeitz . His younger brother Friedrich had died in 1676 after a fall. That is why Ludwig's half-brother Ernst Ludwig followed in Hessen-Darmstadt, who was under the reign of Ludwig's stepmother Elisabeth Dorothea von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg , whom Ludwig, like his father, had designated as regent in his will.
ancestors
| Ludwig V Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577–1626) | |||||||||||||
| Georg II Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena of Brandenburg (1582–1616) | |||||||||||||
| Louis VI. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Georg I Elector of Saxony (1585–1656) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Eleonore of Saxony (1609–1671) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
| Johann Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1575–1616) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich III. of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1597–1659) | |||||||||||||
| Augusta of Denmark (1580-1639) | |||||||||||||
| Marie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1634–1665) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Georg I Elector of Saxony (1585–1656) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1610–1684) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659) | |||||||||||||
Note: Due to inter-family marriages, Johann Georg I of Saxony and his wife Magdalena Sibylle are two-time great-grandparents of Ludwig VII of Hesse-Darmstadt.
literature
- Heinrich Künzel: The life and correspondence of Landgrave Georg von Hessen-Darmstadt [...] . Friedberg and London 1859, p. 3 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Directory of funeral sermons about Louis VII.
- Hessen-Darmstadt, Ludwig VII Landgrave of. Hessian biography. (As of February 5, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis VI. |
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 1678 |
Ernst Ludwig |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louis VII |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hessen-Darmstadt, Ludwig VII of (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1678 |
| Place of death | Gotha |