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Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 16 June 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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Louis II was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 16 June 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
The title was revived in 1851, when Alexander (1823–88), a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse, contracted a morganatic marriage with the Polish countess Julia Theresa von Hauke (1825–95), who was then created countess of Battenberg.
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Feb 14, 2023 · Ludwig (Louis) II was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 to 1848. He was born in 1777 in Darmstadt, in what was then the Holy Roman Empire. He married his cousin Princess Wilhelmine of Baden in 1804 in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany. The couple separated after the birth of their second surviving child in 1809.
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse is the 3,084th most popular politician (up from 3,190th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from Germany (up from 888th in 2019) and the 246th most popular German Politician. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, was most famous for being the father of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II. Memorability Metrics.
