Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt


Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.
He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.

Marriage and children

Louis VI was married twice.
1. On 24 November 1650 he married Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. They had eight children:
2. On 5 December 1666 he married Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. They also had eight children.