- Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: "Ludwig") was the
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.He was born on
24 September 1577 as the son ofGeorge I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt andMagdalene 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. Lutherian professors of theUniversity of Marburg who refused to convert to Calvinism founded in 1607 theUniversity 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.Ancestry
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1= 1. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
2= 2.George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
3= 3.Magdalene of Lippe
4= 4.Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
5= 5.Christine of Saxony
6= 6.Bernhard VIII, Herr zur Lippe
7= 7.Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg
8= 8.William II, Landgrave of Hesse
9= 9.Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
10= 10.George, Duke of Saxony
11= 11.Barbara of Poland
12= 12.Simon V zur Lippe
13= 13.Magdalena of Mansfeld
14= 14.Philipp III, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
15= 15.Anna of Cleves
16= 16.Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse
17= 17.Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach
18= 18.Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow
19= 19.Sophie of Pommern-Wolgast
20= 20.Albert, Duke of Saxony
21= 21.Sidonia of Kunstadt-Podiebrad
22= 22.Casimir IV Jagiellon
23= 23. Elisabeth of Austria
24= 24.Bernhard VII, Herr zu Lippe
25= 25.Anna of Holstein-Schauenburg
26= 26.Gebhard VII, Count of Mansfeld-Mittelort
27= 27.Margarethe of Gleichen-Blankenhain
28= 28.Philipp II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
29= 29.Katharina zu Solms-Lich
30= 30.John II, Duke of Cleves
31= 31.Mathilda of Hesse 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, [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidus_Ludoviciana Sidus Ludoviciana in the German Wikipedia] .
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