- Born on January 25, 1630 in Darmstadt
- Deceased on April 24, 1678, at the age of 48 years
Parents
- Georg von Hessen-Darmstadt, Georg II. von Hessen-Darmstadt (1605 - 1661), Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt
- Sophie Eleonore von Sachsen (1609 - 1671)
Family
- Married on November 24, 1650, with Marie Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634 - 1665), issuing
- Friedrich ( - 1676)
Magdalena Sibylla (1652 - 1712)- Ludwig (1658 - 1678)
- Married on December 5, 1666 in Gotha, with Elisabeth Dorothea von Sachsen-Gotha (1640 - 1709), régente 1678-1688, issuing
- Ernst Ludwig (1667 - 1739)
- Georg (1669 - 1705)
- Philipp (1671 - 1736)
- Heinrich (1674 - 1741)
- Friedrich (1677 - 1708)