Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt
Philipp was born in 1671. Philipp's father was
Ludwig Vl von Hessen-Darmstadt and his mother was
Elisabeth Dorothea von Sachsen-Gotha. His paternal grandparents were
Georg ll von Hessen-Darmstadt and
Sofie Eleonore von Sachsen. He had seven brothers and seven sisters, named
Georg,
Ludwig,
Ernst Ludwig,
Georg,
Johann,
Heinrich,
Friedrich,
Magdalene Sibylle,
Sofie Eleonore,
Marie Elisabeth,
Auguste Magdalene,
Sofie Marie,
Sofie Luise and
Elisabeth Dorothea. He was the fifth youngest of the fifteen children. He died at the age of 65 in 1736.