Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse

Louis III Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine Reign 1848 – 13 June 1877 Predecessor Louis II Successor Louis IV Burial Rosenhohe, Darmstadt Spouse Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria Baroness Magdalen of Hochstadten (morganatic) House House of Hesse-Darmstadt Father Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse Mother Wilhelmine of Baden

1859 thaler of Hesse, depicting Louis III.

Louis III (9 June 1806, Darmstadt - 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death. He was succeeded by his nephew, Louis IV.

He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort Wilhelmine of Baden. In Munich, on 26 December 1833, he married Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria. The marriage produced no children and the Grand Duke remarried, morganatically, in 1868 to Baroness Magdalen of Hochstadten.

Ancestry

16. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

8. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

17. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg

4. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

18. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

9. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

19. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

2. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 16)

10. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

21. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 17)

5. Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

22. Count Christian Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim

11. Princess Louise of Leiningen-Heidesheim

23. Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

1. Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse

24. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden

12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz

6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden

26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 16)

13. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

27. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 17)

3. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 16)

14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 8)

29. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 17)

7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (= 18)

15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (= 9)

31. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (= 19)

External links

• Royal Genealogies Part 46
• World Roots