Prince Louis George Charles of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Louis George Charles (German: Ludwig Georg Karl or Carl), Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt (27 March 1749, Darmstadt - 26 October 1823, Darmstadt) was a German field marshal in the service of the Upper Rhenish Circle. He is also known in the primary and secondary sources as Prince Louis.

Life

Ludwig Georg Karl of Hesse-Darmstadt was the son of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722–1782) and Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729–1818).

Wives

Friederike Schmidt (Friederike, Freiin von Hessenheim)

Luise Pfahler nee Weiss

Eva Margarethe Kämmerer (Eva Margarethe von Adelsberg)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Louis George Charles of Hesse-Darmstadt^[1]

8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

9. Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

2. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

11. Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach

1. Prince Louis George Charles of Hesse-Darmstadt

12. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

6. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

13. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg

3. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

14. Count Georg Ludwig of Solms-Rödelheim

7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim

15. Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeldt

References

^ 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.

Bibliography

Gustav Lang: Ludwig Georg Karl, Prinz zu Hessen-Darmstadt. In: Hessische Biographien. In Verb. mit Karl Esselborn und Georg Lehnert, hrsg. v. Herman Haupt. Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1927 (Arbeiten der historischen Kommission für den Volksstaat Hessen). Neudruck, Dr. Martin Sändig oHG, Walluf 1973, S. 465–469. ISBN 350026820X.