Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt




































Ernest Louis

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Johann Christian Fiedler - Bildnis des Landgrafen Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt.jpg
Portrait of Ernst Ludwig
by Johann Christian Fiedler

Born
15 December 1667
Gotha
Died
12 September 1739(1739-09-12) (aged 71)
Jägersburg Castle, Einhausen
Spouse
Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Issue
Dorothea Sophie
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Charles William
Francis Ernest
Friederike Charlotte
House
Hesse-Darmstadt
Father
Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ernst Ludwig) (15 December 1667 – 12 September 1739) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709).


Ernest Louis's desire to emulate the French court under Louis XIV ran his country into debt. Among those patronized in this cultural milieu were the Baroque composer Christoph Graupner and the gambist Ernst Christian Hesse; also bringing into his service architect Louis Remy de la Fosse for his extensive building program. Upon his death in 1739, his country's debt was 4 million gulden, ten times the annual revenue.



Family


Ernest Louis married Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) on December 1, 1687. Their children were:


  • Dorothea Sophie (1689–1723)

married in 1710 Count John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1683–1765)


  • Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768)

married in 1717 Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726)



  • Charles William (1693–1707)


  • Francis Ernest (1695–1717)

  • Friederike Charlotte


married in 1720 Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1689–1753)

Ernest Louis married his second wife Luise Sophie von Spiegel zum Desenberg (1690–1751) on January 20, 1727, who was thereafter raised to the rank of countess of Eppstein. He had two daughters with her:



  • Louisa Charlotte (1727–1753), Countess von Eppstein

  • Friederika Sophia (1730–1770), Countess von Eppstein


married 1764 Baron Johann Carl Ludwig Christian von Pretlack (1716–1781)

Ernest Louis had one additional illegitimate child with Charlotte von Forstner (1686–1727):


  • Friedrich Carl Ludwig von Hohenstein zu Fürstenfeld (1711–1715)


Ancestors


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External links







  • Ernst Ludwig, Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 4, , Berlin, 1959

  • The Age of Absolutism in Hesse-Darmstadt (German)


  • Free scores by Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)










Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

House of Hesse

Born: 15 December 1667 Died: 12 September 1739
Preceded by
Louis VII

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
1678–1739
Succeeded by
Louis VIII










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