_Louis VIII HESSE-DARMSTADT _____+
                                                                    | (1691 - 1768) m 1717            
                              _Louis IX HESSE-DARMSTADT ____________|
                             | (1719 - 1790) m 1741                 |
                             |                                      |_Charlotte of HANAU _____________
                             |                                        (1700 - 1726) m 1717            
 _Louis I HESSE-DARMSTADT ___|
| (1753 - 1830)              |
|                            |                                       _Christian III WITTELSBACH ______+
|                            |                                      | (1674 - 1734) m 1719            
|                            |_Caroline of PALATINATE-ZWEIBRÜCKEN _|
|                              (1720 - 1774) m 1741                 |
|                                                                   |_Caroline of NASSAU-SAARBRUCKEN _+
|                                                                     (1704 - 1774) m 1719            
|
|--Louise Karoline of HESSE-DARMSTADT 
|  (1779 - 1811)
|                                                                    _Louis VIII HESSE-DARMSTADT _____+
|                                                                   | (1691 - 1768) m 1717            
|                             _George William HESSE-DARMSTADT ______|
|                            | (1722 - 1782) m 1748                 |
|                            |                                      |_Charlotte of HANAU _____________
|                            |                                        (1700 - 1726) m 1717            
|_Louise of HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
  (1761 - 1829)              |
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                             |                                      |                                 
                             |_Maria Louise of LEININGEN ___________|
                               (1728 - 1818) m 1748                 |
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