BURIAL CHURCHES OF SOVEREIGNS OF HESSE-DARMSTADT FROM A TO Z
BURIAL CHURCHES OF SOVEREIGNS OF HESSE-DARMSTADT FROM A TO Z
DARMSTADT (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST LOUIS (Darmstadt, Kirche St. Ludwig, Wilhelminenplatz):
Grand Duchess MATILDA OF BAVARIA (+1862), consort of Grand Duke Louis III
DARMSTADT (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE OLD MAUSOLEUM IN THE ROSENHÖHE PARK (Darmstadt, Park Rosenhöhe, Prinz Ludwig Weg, das alte Mausoleum):
1. Grand Duke LOUIS I (+1830)
2. Grand Duchess LOUISE (+1829), consort of Grand Duke Louis I
3. Grand Duke LOUIS II (+1848)
4. Grand Duchess WILHELMINA OF BADEN (+1836), consort of Grand Duke Louis II
5. Grand Duke LOUIS III (+1877)
DARMSTADT (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE NEW MAUSOLEUM IN THE ROSENHÖHE PARK (Darmstadt, Park Rosenhöhe, Prinz Ludwig Weg, das neue Mausoleum):
1. Grand Duke LOUIS IV (+1892)
2. Grand Duchess ALICE OF GREAT BRITAIN (+1878), consort of Grand Duke Louis IV
DARMSTADT (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE CEMETERY BY THE NEW MAUSOLEUM IN THE ROSENHÖHE PARK (Darmstadt, Park Rosenhöhe, Prinz Ludwig Weg):
1. Grand Duke ERNEST LOUIS (+1937)
2. Grand Duchess ELEANOR OF SOLMS (+1937), consort of Grand Duke Ernest Louis
LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF HESSE-DARMSTADT 1785-1918
MARGRAVIATE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT UNTIL 1806:
HOUSE OF BRABANT
1790-1806: LOUIS X (Ludwig X.; Grand Duke from 1806 as Louis I)
GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE-DARMSTADT 1806-1918:
HOUSE OF BRABANT
1806-1830: LOUIS I (Ludwig I.)
Born in 1753 at Prenzlau.
Father: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt. Mother: Caroline von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.
Married in 1777 in Darmstadt LOUISE of Hesse-Darmstadt (*1761 Darmstadt,+1829 Auerbach).
His issue who reigned: LOUIS II (*1777,+1848).
Died in 1830 in Darmstadt.
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Louise in the Old Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
1830-1848: LOUIS II (Ludwig II.)
Born in 1777 at Darmstadt.
Father: Grand Duke Louis I of Hesse-Darmstadt. Mother: Grand Duchess Louise og Hesse-Darmstadt.
Married in 1804 in Karlsruhe Princess WILHELMINA of Baden (*1788 Karlsruhe,+1836 Darmstadt).
His issue who reigned:
-LOUIS III (*1806,+1877),
-Maximiliana (*1824,+1880; Empress of Russia).
Died in 1848 in Darmstadt.
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Wilhelmina of Baden in the Old Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
1848-1877: LOUIS III (Ludwig III.)
Born in 1806 at Darmstadt.
Father: Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse-Darmstadt. Mother: Grand Duchess Wilhelmina of Baden.
Married in 1833 in Munich Princess MATILDA of Bavaria (*1813 Augsburg,+1862 Darmstadt).
Died in 1877 at Seeheim.
Buried in the Old Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
His consort Grand Duchess Matilda of Bavaria was buried in the Church of St Louis in Darmstadt.
1877-1892: LOUIS IV (Ludwig IV.)
Born in 1837 at Bessungen.
Father: Prince Karl of Hesse-Darmstadt. Mother: Princess Elisabeth of Prussia.
Married firstly in 1862 in Osborne House, Isle of Wight/England Princess ALICE of Great Britain (*1843 London,+1878 Darmstadt).
Married secondly and morganatically in 1884 in Darmstadt Countess Aleksandra Hutten-Czapska (*1854 Warsaw,+1941 Vevey). Marriage was annuled in 1884.
His issue who reigned:
-ERNEST LOUIS (*1868,+1937; son of Alice),
-Alice (*1872,+1918; Empress of Russia; daughter of Alice).
Died in 1892 in Darmstadt.
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Alice of Great Britain in the New Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
1892-1918: ERNEST LOUIS (Ernst Ludwig)
Born in 1868 at Darmstadt.
Father: Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt. Mother: Grand Duchess Alice of Great Britain.
Married firstly in 1894 in Coburg Princess VICTORIA of Edinburgh (*1876 Malta,+1936 Amorbach). Divorced 1901.
Married secondly in 1905 in Darmstadt Princess ELEANOR of Solms (*1871 Lich,+1937 Steene near Ostende, Belgium).
Deposed in 1918.
Died in 1937 in Schloss Wolfsgarten.
Buried with his second consort Grand Duchess Eleanor of Solms in the cemetery near New Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
His first consort Gr. Duchess Victoria had been buried firstly in the Ducal Crypt at Coburg. In 1995 she was reburied in St Peter and St Paul's Cathedral at St Petersburg, Russia.
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY SINCE 1918
The tomb of Grand Duchess MATILDA OF BAVARIA, consort of Grand Duke Louis III,
in the Church of St Louis in Darmstadt (Germany)
The tomb of Grand Duke ERNEST LOUIS in the cemetery in the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt (Germany)
The tomb of Grand Duchess ELEONORE, consort of Grand Duke Ernest Louis, in the cemetery in the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt (Germany)
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FOREIGN CORONATIONS IN HESSE-DARMSTADT:
MAINZ
Přemysl Otakar I, King of Bohemia (1198)
ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)
BURIED IN ST PETER AND PAUL'S CATHEDRAL (Sankt Peterburg, Petropavlovsky sobor, Petropavlovskaya Krepost):
Grand Duchess VICTORIA OF EDINBURGH (+1936), consort of Grand Duke Ernest Louis
Photo courtesy of Mrs Simone Sommer
Select Bibliography
Burke's Royal Families of the World, vol. I: Europe and Latin America, London 1977
Franz E. G.: Das Haus Hessen, Stuttgart 2005
Heidenreich B., Franz E. G.: Kronen, Kriege, Künste. Das Haus Hessen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt 2009
Die Wappen und Flaggen der Herrscher und Staten der Welt, Nürnberg 1878
Flaggenbuch, Berlin 1905
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