Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Alexander of Zweibrücken | |
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| Born | 26 November 1462 |
| Died | 21 October 1514 (aged 51) Zweibrücken |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein |
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| Father | Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Mother | Johanna of Croÿ |
Alexanderskirche, built starting in 1493 by Alexander
Alexander of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Alexander von Zweibrücken "der Hinkende") (26 November 1462 – 21 October 1514) was Count Palatine, Duke of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz in 1489–1514.
He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife .
Alexander's Church () is the oldest church in Zweibrücken, a late-Gothic Protestant hall church built from 1493 to 1514 as a gift from Alexander after his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[1] Its crypt is the burial place of numerous counts/dukes of his house's line.[1]
Family and children[]
He was married in 1499 in Zweibrücken to Countess , daughter of Count and . They had the following children:
- Johanna (1499–1537), a nun in Trier.
- Louis II (1502–1532).
- George (1503–1537), a canon in Trier, Strassburg and Cologne.
- Margarete (1509–1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
- Rupert (1506–1544).
- Katharina (1510–1542), married before 1 February 1541 to Count .
Ancestors[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hudlet, Richard B. (1993). 500 Jahre Alexanderskirche Zweibrücken, 1493-1993 : Betrachtungen zur Geschichte einer Kirche und einer Stadt [500 years of Alexander's Church Zweibrücken, 1493-1993: Reflections on the history of a church and a city] (in German). Zweibrücken: Protestantische Kirchengemeinde Zweibrücken-Mitte [Protestant parish of Zweibrücken-Mitte]. ISBN 9783924171186. OCLC 34658300.
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Categories:
- 1462 births
- 1514 deaths
- House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
- Christians of the Crusades
- Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken