Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (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.

Issue
Ernest Louis married Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) on December 1, 1687.
 * 1) Dorothea Sophie (1689–1723) married in 1710 Count John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1683–1765)
 * 2) Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) married Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
 * 3) Charles William (1693–1707)
 * 4) Francis Ernest (1695–1716)
 * 5) Friederike Charlotte married  Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel.

Second marriage
Ernest Louis married his second wife Luise Sophie von Spiegel zum Desenberg (1690–1751), daughter of 	Hermann Wilhelm von Spiegel zu Desenberg and Claire Anna Helena von Hornberg, on January 20, 1727, who was thereafter raised to the rank of Countess of Eppstein.

Issue

 * 1) Louisa Charlotte (1727–1753), Countess von Eppstein
 * 2) Friederika Sophia (1730–1770), Countess von Eppstein married Baron Johann Carl Ludwig Christian von Pretlack.