Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse

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Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

Louis II
Portrait of Louis II
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Reign	6 April 1830 – 5 March 1848
Predecessor	Louis I
Successor	Louis III
Born	(1777-12-26)26 December 1777 Darmstadt
Died	16 June 1848(1848-06-16) (aged 70) Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Spouse	Princess Wilhelmine of Baden ​ ​ (m. 1804; died 1836)​
Issue	Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine Marie, Empress of Russia
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Mother	Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Grand Ducal Family of Hesse and by Rhine
Louis II
Children Louis III Prince Charles Princess Elisabeth Prince Alexander Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia Grandchildren Louis IV Prince Heinrich Anna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Prince Wilhelm
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Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 5 March 1848, resigning during the German Revolution of 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Marriage and issue[]

On 19 June 1804, in Karlsruhe, he married his first cousin Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and his wife, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Due to Louis's affairs, the union proved an unhappy one, and the couple separated after the birth of their third child, who was his second surviving child.

• Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (9 June 1806 – 13 June 1877); (the future Grand Duke).
• Stillborn son (18 August 1807).
• Prince Karl Wilhelm Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (23 April 1809 – 20 March 1877).

Wilhelmine had four children in the 1820s, but it was widely rumored that their real father was her chamberlain August von Senarclens de Grancy. Louis II nonetheless acknowledged them and they were considered legitimate Princes and Princesses of Hesse and by Rhine by the nobles of Europe. Two of them lived to adulthood.

• Princess Amalia Elisabeth Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 May 1821 – 27 May 1826).
• Stillborn daughter (7 June 1822).
• Prince Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888)
• Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (8 August 1824 – 3 June 1880); the future Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia.

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