Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 25 January 1695 in GieÃÂen; died: 8 January 1716 in Darmstadt) was a German nobleman.
He was the third son of Count Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667âÂÂ1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661âÂÂ1705), daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
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.