Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Alexander of Zweibrücken
Born	(1462-11-26)26 November 1462
Died	21 October 1514(1514-10-21) (aged 51) Zweibrücken
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Issue Detail	Louis II Rupert
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.

Life

He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ.

Alexander's Church (Alexanderskirche [de]) 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

He was married in 1499 in Zweibrücken to Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, daughter of Count Kraft VI of Hohenlohe and Helene of Württemberg. They had the following children:

1. Johanna (1499–1537), a nun in Trier.
2. Louis II (1502–1532).
3. George (1503–1537).
4. Margarete (1509–1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
5. Rupert, a canon in Trier, Strassburg and Cologne, then count Palatine of Veldenz (1506–1544).
6. Katharina (1510–1542), married before 1 February 1541 to Count Otto IV of Rietberg.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

16. Rupert II, Elector Palatine 8. Rupert of Germany 17. Beatrice of Sicily (1326–1365) 4. Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken 18. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg 9. Elisabeth of Nuremberg 19. Elisabeth of Meissen 2. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 20. Henry III of Veldenz 10. Frederick III, Count of Veldenz 21. Loretta of Sponheim-Starkenburg 5. Anna of Veldenz 22. John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 11. Margaret of Nassau-Saarbrücken 23. Joanna of Saarbrücken 1. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 24. Guillaume de Croÿ 12. Jean I de Croÿ 25. Isabeau de Renty 6. Antoine I de Croÿ 26. John I of Craon 13. Marie de Craon 27. Marie de Châtillon-sur-Marne 3. Johanna of Croÿ 28. Frederick of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont 14. Antoine, Count of Vaudémont 29. Margaret of Joinville 7. Margaret of Lorraine-Vaudémont 30. John VII of Harcourt 15. Marie, Countess of Harcourt 31. Marie of Alençon

References

1. 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

• Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher

Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken House of Wittelsbach Born: 26 November 1462 Died: 21 October 1514
Preceded by Louis I	Duke of Zweibrücken 1489–1514	Succeeded by Louis II
	Count of Veldenz 1489–1514