Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German prince
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Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
About Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
- Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (Ludwig Hermann Alexander Chlodwig, 20 November 1908 – 30 May 1968) was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. He succeeded his brother Georg Donatus as the titular Grand Duke of Hesse after his death.
- He married Margaret Campbell Geddes daughter of Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes in 1937, on the day after the Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash, in which his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and nephews were all killed.
- They had no issue, although, after the death of his older brother, he adopted his niece, Johanna (b.
- 1936) but the little girl died in 1939. In 1964 he stood as godfather to Prince Edward.
- In 1960 Prince Louis adopted his distant cousin Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse.
- With the death of Prince Louis in Frankfurt 1968 he was succeeded by Moritz's father Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (d.
- 1980) as head of the house.
- Moritz (d.
- 2013) in turn was succeeded by his son Donatus (b.
- 1966). He introduced the British composer Benjamin Britten (1913–76) to the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843).
- Britten dedicated his 1958 song cycle Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente to the Prince.
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