Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Louis II of Zweibrücken
Spouse(s) Elisabeth of Hesse
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Father Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Born (1502-09-14)14 September 1502
Zweibrücken
Died 3 December 1532(1532-12-03) (aged 30)
Zweibrücken
Buried Alexanderskirche in Zweibrücken

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.

He was the son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. 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. Louis II was buried in the Alexanderskirche in Zweibrücken.

Ancestors

Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born: 14 September 1502 Died: 3 December 1532
Preceded by
Alexander
Duke of Zweibrücken
15141532
Succeeded by
Wolfgang

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