Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761–1829)
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Louise Henriette Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 February 1761, Darmstadt
– 24 October 1829, Auerbach), was the first Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
by marriage.
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The princess was in 1770 in the entourage of Marie Antoinette
, as they traveled to France for her marriage. Louise exchanged letters with the French queen until 1792.
Louise married on 19 February 1777 in Darmstadt, her cousin the then crown prince Louis I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1753-1830). Her husband ruled Hesse-Darmstadt
from 1790 as Landgrave Louis X and from 1806 as Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine.
Louise spent the summer months since 1783 in the State Park Fürstenlager, and died there in 1829. Here provided charity to the population Auerbach. The Grand Duchess was described as amiable and revered by the nation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
stayed at her court and Friedrich Schiller
read from his Don Carlos in her salon. It was said that Napoleon Bonaparte promised the beautiful Louise, whom he believed to be one of the cleverest women of her time, that he would give her a crown.
Luisenstraße and Luisenplatz in Darmstadt are named after Louise.
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
– 24 October 1829, Auerbach), was the first Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
by marriage.
Life
Louise was a daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722-1782) from his marriage to Maria Luise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg (1729-1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-HeidesheimChristian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim was a German nobleman.He was a great-great-great-grandparent of Mary of Teck.-Life:...
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The princess was in 1770 in the entourage of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
, as they traveled to France for her marriage. Louise exchanged letters with the French queen until 1792.
Louise married on 19 February 1777 in Darmstadt, her cousin the then crown prince Louis I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1753-1830). Her husband ruled Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Darmstadt or the German Hessen-Darmstadt is a name that describes:* Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt , a state of the Holy Roman Empire...
from 1790 as Landgrave Louis X and from 1806 as Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine.
Louise spent the summer months since 1783 in the State Park Fürstenlager, and died there in 1829. Here provided charity to the population Auerbach. The Grand Duchess was described as amiable and revered by the nation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
stayed at her court and Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
read from his Don Carlos in her salon. It was said that Napoleon Bonaparte promised the beautiful Louise, whom he believed to be one of the cleverest women of her time, that he would give her a crown.
Luisenstraße and Luisenplatz in Darmstadt are named after Louise.
Offspring
From her marriage with Louis, Louise had the following children:- Louis II (1777–1848), Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; married in 1804 princess Wilhelmine of BadenWilhelmine of BadenWilhelmine of Baden was Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and the Rhine.She was the youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt...
(1788–1836) - Luise Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1779–1811); married in 1800 Prince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen (1778–1802)
- George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1780–1856); married morganatically in 1804 Caroline de Szendro Török (1786–1862), "Baroness of Menden" 1804, "Countess of Nidda," 1808, "Princess of Nidda 1821; (divorced 1827)
- Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt (1788–1867)
- Emil of Hesse-Darmstadt (1790–1856)
- Gustav of Hesse-Darmstadt (1791–1806)
External links
- http://www.harry-siegert.de/html/frauen_und_strassen.html