Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1577

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1626

Profession: ruler

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ludwig; 24 September 1577 – 27 July 1626) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626. He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe. In 1604 he inherited a part of Hessen-Marburg after the death of Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg who was childless.
The other half went to Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), but since Maurice was a Calvinist, Ludwig claimed a right on the whole of Hesse-Marburg.
Lutheran professors of the University of Marburg who refused to convert to Calvinism founded in 1607 the University of Gießen which was named Ludoviciana. This led to a conflict during the Thirty Years' War, between Louis V, who stood on the side of the Emperor, and Maurice, who was on the side of the Protestants.
Hesse-Darmstadt suffered severely from the ravages from the Swedes during the conflict. The Landgrave died in 1626 and he was succeeded by George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1722, Johann Georg Liebknecht, an astronomer at the University of Gießen, named a star, which he thought was a planet, Sidus Ludoviciana after Ludwig V.



Alternative names	Lucas Kilian; lucas kilian
Description	German painter and engraver
Date of birth/death	1579	27 March 1637
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	Augsburg
Work location	Augsburg
Authority control	: Q5908386 VIAF: 7657305 ISNI: 0000 0001 2119 6805 ULAN: 500018390 LCCN: n85194982 Open Library: OL1160116A WorldCat