Person:Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1)
Louis _____, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
b.20 Nov 1908
d.30 May 1968
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  1. Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse1906 - 1937
  2. Louis _____, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine1908 - 1968
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Name Louis _____, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Nov 1908
Death[1] 30 May 1968
Reference Number? Q61270?


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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 on the way to the wedding. They had no issue. 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. With the death of Prince Louis in Frankfurt in 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 (191376) to the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (17701843). Britten dedicated his 1958 song cycle Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente to the Prince.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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