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Grand Duke Ludwig IV died of a heart attack in the New Palace in Darmstadt on 13 March 1892. He was succeeded by his son, Ernest Louis. The Equestrian statue of Ludwig IV on the Friedensplatz in Darmstadt
- 17 March 1892, Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
- Hesse-Darmstadt
Ernst Ludwig, formerly sovereign, titular Grand Duke 1918–37 (1868–1937) George Donatus, titular Grand Duke 9 Oct – 16 Nov 1937; Ludwig (V), titular Grand Duke 1937–1968; In 1968 the Line of Hesse-Darmstadt became Hesse-Nassau and Hesse-Kassel (1969–present)
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- Ernest Louis (as grand duke)
- Henry I (as landgrave)
- His Royal Highness
The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen). It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816 to distinguish itself from the Electorate of Hesse , which had formed from neighbouring Hesse-Kassel .
The Residential Palace Darmstadt (German: Residenzschloss Darmstadt, often also called Stadtschloss) is the former residence and administrative seat of the landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt and from 1806 to 1919 of the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt. It is located in the centre of the city of Darmstadt.
- Germany
- TU Darmstadt
- City centre
The grand duke Louis I (reigned 1768–1830) granted Hesse-Darmstadt a constitution in 1820, carried through other reforms, and made the grand duchy the first of the southern German states to join the Prussian Zollverein (Customs Union).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony on Mathildenhöhe, the highest elevation above the city of Darmstadt in west-central Germany, was established in 1897 by Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse, as a centre for emerging reform movements in architecture, arts and crafts.
First grand duke of Hessen-Darmstadt. Formerly Ludwig X. 1809: Darmstadt gains three Hessian domains of the German Order, the Fulda domain of Herbstein, and the estates of the Order of Malta in Hesse. This expansion probably coincides with France's defeat of Austria at the Battle of Wagram.
