Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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Born | Zweibrücken | 14 September 1502
Died | 3 December 1532 Zweibrücken | (aged 30)
Buried | Alexander's Church ( ) in Zweibrücken |
Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
Spouse(s) | Elisabeth of Hesse |
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Father | Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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Louis II of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Ludwig II. von Zweibrücken-Neuburg "der Jüngere") (14 September 1502 – 3 December 1532) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532.[citation needed]
Early life[]
He was the son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462–1514) and his wife Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1480–1522).
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Louis II with his brother Rupert, wife Elisabeth and children, by Peter Gertner
Marriage and issue[]
He was married in 1525 to Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter of William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse, and they had two children. His son Wolfgang inherited the title and his daughter Christine died young in 1534.[citation needed]
Death[]
Alexanderskirche, burial place of Louis II
Louis II died on 3 December 1532 and was buried in the crypt of Alexanderskirche (a church named for his father, who funded the original construction) in Zweibrücken.[1]
Ancestors[]
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References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
- 1502 births
- 1532 deaths
- House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
- Burials at the Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken