Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Louis VIII
Portrait by Johann Christian Fiedler
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Reign	12 September 1739 – 17 October 1768
Predecessor	Ernest Louis
Successor	Louis IX
Born	(1691-04-05)5 April 1691 Darmstadt
Died	17 October 1768(1768-10-17) (aged 77) Darmstadt
Burial	Stadtkirche Darmstadt
Spouse	Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg ​ ​ (m. 1717; died 1726)​
Issue	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Prince George William Caroline Louise, Margravine of Baden
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Louis VIII (German: Ludwig; 5 April 1691 – 17 October 1768) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768. He was the son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach.