Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis VI (25 January 1630 – 24 April 1678) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678 and was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.

First marriage
On 24 November 1650, he married Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

Issue

 * 1) Magdalene Sybille (1652–1712) married Duke William Louis of Württemberg.
 * 2) Princess Sophie Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (born and died 1653)
 * 3) George (1654–1655).
 * Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (1656–1715) married Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild.
 * 1) Princess Auguste Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (1657–1674)
 * 2) Louis (1658–1678)
 * 3) Prince Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt (1659–1676)
 * 4) Princess Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1661–1712) married Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653–1707)

Second marriage
On 5 December 1666, he married Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.

Issue

 * 1) Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739)
 * 2) Prince Georg of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669–1705)
 * 3) Princess Sophie Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1670–1758) married Albrecht Ernst II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen.
 * 4) Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt (1671–1736), Imperial Field Marshal and governor of Mantua, married in Princess Marie Therese of Croy.
 * 5) Prince Johann of Hesse-Darmstadt (1672–1673) died in infancy.
 * 6) Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Darmstadt (1674–1741)
 * 7) Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hesse-Darmstadt (1676–1721) married Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
 * 8) Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Darmstadt (1677–1708) killed in battle.