Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757–1830)

Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt, in a painting by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
Grand Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Tenure21 April 1815 – 14 June 1828
Born(1757-01-30)30 January 1757
Berlin
Died14 February 1830(1830-02-14) (aged 73)
Spouse
(m. 1775; died 1828)
Issue
Names
Louise Auguste
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherCountess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Princess and Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (Louise Auguste; 30 January 1757 – 14 February 1830) was a German princess. She was the daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 3 October 1775, she married duke (later grand duke) Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and became a member of the court sphere of Weimar Classicism. She was held to be serious and introverted but also compassionate and sympathetic in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena which guaranteed her part in the later "myth of Weimar" ("Weimarmythos").