Prince Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 25 January 1695 in Gießen; died: 8 January 1716 in Darmstadt) was a German nobleman.
Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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| Born | (1695-01-25)25 January 1695 Gießen |
| Died | 8 January 1716(1716-01-08) (aged 20) Darmstadt |
| Father | Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Mother | Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
He was the third son of Count Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach.[1]
He replaced his brother Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt as Colonel of the Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment when Charles William died during the War of Spanish Succession.