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Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

1691 - 1768

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Louis VIII (German: Ludwig; 5 April 1691 – 17 October 1768) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768. He was the son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt is the 8,048th most popular politician (down from 7,465th in 2019), the 2,209th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 656th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 8,048 out of 19,576. Before him are Gotarzes II of Parthia, Mihai Antonescu, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Bart De Wever, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Shintaro Ishihara. After him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Emperor Shizong of Jin, William of Modena, Elbridge Gerry, and Charles I, Lord of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1691, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 5. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Philip Miller, Giovanni Paolo Panini, and Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia. After him are Edward Cave, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Mir Jafar, Francesco Feo, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Alessandro Galilei, and George Lillo. Among people deceased in 1768, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 11. Before him are Laurence Sterne, Georg Brandt, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, and Francesco Maria Veracini. After him are Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, François de Cuvilliés, Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Robert Simson, and Princess Louisa of Great Britain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 2,210 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745). After him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), and Elvira Madigan (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 656. Before him are Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Petra Kelly (1947), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745). After him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), and Paul von Hase (1885).

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