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 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. 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.

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] .