Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761–1829)
| Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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Auerbach | |
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Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg | |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Princess Louise Henriette Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 February 1761 – 24 October 1829), was the first Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage.
Life
Louise was a daughter of
The princess was in 1770 in the entourage of Marie Antoinette, as they traveled to France for her marriage. Louise exchanged letters with the French queen until 1792.
Louise married on 19 February 1777 in Darmstadt, her cousin the then hereditary prince
Louise spent the summer months since 1783 in the State Park Fürstenlager, and died there in 1829. Here provided charity to the population Auerbach. The Grand Duchess was described as amiable and revered by the nation.[1]
Luisenstraße and Luisenplatz in Darmstadt are named after Louise.
Issue
From her marriage with Louis, Louise had the following children:
- Wilhelmine of Baden(1788–1836)
- Luise Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1779–1811); married in 1800 Prince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen(1778–1802)
- George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1780–1856); married morganatically in 1804 Caroline Török de Szendrő (1786–1862), "Baroness of Menden" 1804, "Countess of Nidda," 1808, "Princess of Nidda 1821; (divorced 1827)
- Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt (1788–1867)
- Stillborn twin daughters (1789).
- Emil of Hesse-Darmstadt (1790–1856)
- Gustav of Hesse-Darmstadt (1791–1806)
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761–1829) Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg | | ||||||||||||
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| 14. Count Georg Ludwig of Solms-Rödelheim | |||||||||||||
| 7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim | |||||||||||||
| 15. Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeldt | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Carl Hertzog: Louis I and his monument to Darmstadt, p. 5
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 70.
- Philip Alexander Ferdinand Walther: Darmstadt, what was like and what it has become, p. 240
- Carl Friedrich Günther: Anecdotes, character descriptions and memoirs from the Hessian area., p. 172
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