Ludwig von Hessen-Homburg
Ludwig was born in 1770. Ludwig's father was
Friedrich V von Hessen-Homburg and his mother was
Karoline von Hessen-Darmstadt. His paternal grandparents were
Friedrich lV von Hessen-Homburg and
Ulrike zu Solms-Braunfels; his maternal grandparents were
Ludwig lX von Hessen-Darmstadt and
Karoline Palatine von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named
Friedrich VI Landgraf,
Paul,
Viktor,
Philipp,
Gustav,
Ferdinand,
Leopold,
Karoline,
Luise Ulrike,
Amalie,
Auguste and
Marie Anna. He was the second oldest of the thirteen children. He died at the age of 69 in 1839.