Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse








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Louis III
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Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Reign 5 March 1848 – 13 June 1877
Predecessor Louis II
Successor Louis IV
Born
(1806-06-09)9 June 1806
Darmstadt, Hesse
Died 13 June 1877(1877-06-13) (aged 71)
Seeheim, Hesse
Burial

Rosenhohe, Darmstadt
Spouse
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
Baroness Magdalen of Hochstadten (morganatic)
House Hesse-Darmstadt
Father Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
Mother Wilhelmine of Baden










Grand Ducal Family of
Hesse and by Rhine
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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



Louis III


Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzog Ludwig III von Hessen und bei Rhein; 9 June 1806, Darmstadt – 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death in 1877.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 Marriages




  • 2 Ancestry


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography




1859 thaler of Hesse, depicting Louis III.


He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort Wilhelmine of Baden. He succeeded as Grand Duke in 1848 upon the abdication of his father during the March Revolution in the German states.


During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Louis sent word more than once to Queen Victoria, mother-in-law of his nephew and successor Louis, appealing to her to reason on his behalf with the King of Prussia, "in the same sense I had already written before, but it would be utterly useless."[1]


He was succeeded by his nephew, Louis IV, on 13 June 1877, as his brother Charles (Louis' father) had already died three months previously, in March.



Marriages


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 Magdalene Appel who was created Baroness of Hochstädten.



Ancestry


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References





  1. ^ "Queen Victoria's Journals". Princess Beatrice's copies. RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ(W). 15 May 1866..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links







  • Royal Genealogies Part 46

  • World Roots











Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse

House of Hesse-Darmstadt

Born: 9 June 1806 Died: 13 June 1877

German royalty
Preceded by
Louis II

Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
1848–1877
Succeeded by
Louis IV











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