Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
About Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Ernst Ludwig) (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 (1640–1709). Ernest Louis's desire to emulate the French court under Louis XIV ran his country into debt.
- Among those patronized in this cultural milieu were the Baroque composer Christoph Graupner and the gambist Ernst Christian Hesse; also bringing into his service architect Louis Remy de la Fosse for his extensive building program.
- Upon his death in 1739, his country's debt was 4 million gulden, ten times the annual revenue.
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