Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Louis V
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born 24 September 1577
Darmstadt
Died 27 July 1626
near Rheinfels
Spouse Magdalena von Brandenburg
Issue
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Anna Eleonore
George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Juliane
John
Frederick
House Hesse-Darmstadt
Father George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother Magdalene of Lippe

Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig; 24 September 1577 – 27 July 1626) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.

He was born on 24 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 (or Hesse-Cassel), 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

He married Magdalena von Brandenburg and had issue:

Ancestry

Family of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Pomerania-Stettin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Albert, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. George, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Sidonie of Poděbrady
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Christine of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Casimir IV Jagiellon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Barbara Jagiellon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Elisabeth of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Simon V, Count of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Anna of Holstein-Schauenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Gebhard VII, Count of Mansfeld-Mittelort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Magdalena of Mansfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Margarethe of Gleichen-Blankenhain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Magdalene of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Philip II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Philip 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. Mathilde of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born: 24 September 1577 Died: 27 July 1626
Preceded by Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
1596–1626
Succeeded by
George II