_Ernest Louis HESSE-DARMSTADT _______+
                                                                | (1667 - 1739) m 1687                
                                   _Louis VIII HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
                                  | (1691 - 1768) m 1717        |
                                  |                             |_Dorothea Charlotte of HOHENZOLLERN _+
                                  |                               (1661 - 1705) m 1687                
 _George William HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
| (1722 - 1782) m 1748            |
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|                                 |_Charlotte of HANAU _________|
|                                   (1700 - 1726) m 1717        |
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|--Louise of HESSE-DARMSTADT 
|  (1761 - 1829)
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|_Maria Louise of LEININGEN ______|
  (1728 - 1818) m 1748            |
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