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Louis
Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
Born(1908-11-20)20 November 1908
Darmstadt, German Empire
Died20 May 1968(1968-05-20) (aged 59)
Frankfurt, West Germany
SpouseMargaret Campbell Geddes
Names
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HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherErnest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
MotherPrincess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (Ludwig Hermann Alexander Chlodwig, 20 November 1908 – 30 May 1968) was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.

He succeeded his brother Georg Donatus as the titular Grand Duke of Hesse after his death. He married the Hon. Margaret Geddes (1913–1997) daughter of Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes in 1937, on the day after the Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash. They had no issue, although after the death of his older brother, he adopted his niece, Johanna (b. 1936) but the little girl died in 1939.

In 1964 he stood as godfather to Prince Edward. In 1960 Prince Louis adopted his distant cousin Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. With the death of Prince Louis in Frankfurt 1968 he was succeeded by Moritz's father Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1980) as head of the house. Moritz (d. 2013) in turn was succeeded by his son Donatus (b. 1966).

He introduced the British composer Benjamin Britten (1913–76) to the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843). Britten dedicated his 1958 song cycle Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente to the Prince.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
16. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
8. Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine
17. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
4. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
18. Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
9. Princess Elizabeth of Prussia
19. Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg
2. Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
20. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
10. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
21. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
5. Alice of the United Kingdom
22. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
11. Victoria of the United Kingdom
23. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1. Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
24. Karl Ludwig, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
12. Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
25. Princess Henriette of Bentheim and Steinfurt
6. Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
26. Anton Octavian, Prince of Collalto and San Salvatore
13. Countess Caroline of Collalto and San Salvatore
27. Countess Karolina Apponyi de Nagyappony
3. Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
28. Konstantin, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
14. Wilhelm, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
29. Baroness Ernestine von der Reck
7. Countess Agnes of Stolberg-Wernigerode
30. August, Count of Stolberg-Roßla
15. Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Roßla
31. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Schönberg

Patrilineal descent

  1. Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau, d. 842
  2. Gilbert II, Count of the Maasgau, 825–875
  3. Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, 850–915
  4. Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, 890–932
  5. Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, 920–973
  6. Lambert I, Count of Leuven, 950–1015
  7. Lambert II, Count of Leuven, d. 1054
  8. Henry II, Count of Leuven, 1020–1078
  9. Godfrey I, Count of Leuven, 1060–1139
  10. Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, 1187–1226
  11. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven, 1140–1190
  12. Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 1165–1235
  13. Henry II, Duke of Brabant, 1207–1248
  14. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1244–1308
  15. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1272–1328
  16. Louis the Junker of Hesse, 1305–1345
  17. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1341–1413
  18. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1402–1458
  19. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1438–1471
  20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1469–1509
  21. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1504–1567
  22. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1547–1596
  23. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1577–1626
  24. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1605–1661
  25. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1630–1678
  26. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1667–1739
  27. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1691–1768
  28. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1719–1790
  29. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1753–1830
  30. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1777–1848
  31. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, 1809–1877
  32. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, 1837–1892
  33. Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1868–1937
  34. Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, 1908–1968
  35. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, 1968–2013
Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: 20 November 1908 Died: 30 May 1968
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
1937–1968
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, Humphrey (1992). Benjamin Britten: A Biography. London: Faber and Faber. p. 388. ISBN 0-571-14324-5.
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