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Louis II
Louis II
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born	14 September 1502; Zweibrücken
Died	3 December 1532 (aged 30); Zweibrücken
Buried	Alexander's Church (Alexanderskirche [de]) in Zweibrücken
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth of Hesse
Issue	Wolfgang
Father	Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

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).

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

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

Ancestors of Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

16. Rupert of Germany

8. Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken

17. Elisabeth of Nuremberg

4. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

18. Frederick III of Veldenz

9. Anna of Veldenz

19. Margaret of Nassau-Saarbrücken

2. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

20. Jean I de Croÿ

10. Antoine I de Croÿ

21. Marie de Craon

5. Johanna of Croÿ

22. Antoine, Count of Vaudémont

11. Margaret of Lorraine-Vaudémont

23. Marie, Countess of Harcourt

1. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

24. Albert I of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

12. Kraft V of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

25. Elisabeth of Hanau

6. Kraft VI of Hohenlohe

26. Frederick III of Oettingen

13. Margaret of Oettingen

27. Euphemia of Münsterberg

3. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

28. Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg

14. Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg

29. Henriette of Mömpelgard

7. Helene of Württemberg

30. Amadeus VIII of Savoy

15. Margaret of Savoy

31. Mary of Burgundy

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

Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher

Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken House of Wittelsbach Born: 14 September 1502 Died: 3 December 1532
Preceded by Alexander	Duke of Zweibrücken 1514–1532	Succeeded by Wolfgang

[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.

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