Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Louis I of Zweibrücken
Spouse(s)	Johanna of Croÿ
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Mother	Anna of Veldenz
Born	1424
Died	19 July 1489 Simmern

Louis I of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Ludwig I. von Pfalz-Zweibrücken "der Schwarze") (1424 – 19 July 1489) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz in 1444–1489.

Life

He was the younger son of Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife Anna, heiress of the County of Veldenz, whom he had wed in 1409. Although Anne died in 1439, her widower did not obtain Veldenz from her family until 1444. In that year, Stefan decided how his territories would be divided upon his death, allocating Simmern to his elder son, Frederick and Zweibrucken to his younger son Louis, combining with it Veldenz and most of the County of Sponheim.^[1]

Family and children

He was married on 20 March 1454 in Luxemburg to Johanna of Croÿ, daughter of Count Antoine I de Croÿ and Margaret of Lorraine-Vaudémont. They had the following children:

1. Margarete (1456–1527), married in 1470 to Count Philip of Nassau-Idstein.
2. Kaspar (1458–1527).
3. Johanna (1459–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard
4. Anna (1461–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard.
5. Alexander (1462–1514).
6. David (1463–1478).
7. Albrecht (1464–1513), a canon in Strassburg and Köln.
8. Katharina (1465–1542), Abbess of St.Agnes, Trier.
9. Philipp (1467–1489), a canon in Strassburg.
10. Johann (1468–1513), a canon in Strassburg and Köln.
11. Elisabeth (1469–1500), married in 1492 to Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
12. Samson (1474–1480)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

16. Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine               8. Rupert II, Elector Palatine                       17. Irmengard of Oettingen               4. Rupert of Germany                             18. Peter II of Sicily               9. Beatrice of Sicily                       19. Elisabeth of Carinthia               2. Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken                                   20. John II of Nuremberg               10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg                       21. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen               5. Elisabeth of Nuremberg                             22. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen               11. Elisabeth of Meissen                       23. Matilda of Bavaria               1. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                                         24. Henry II of Veldenz               12. Henry III of Veldenz                       25. Agnes of Sponheim-Kreuznach               6. Frederick III of Veldenz                             26. Johann III, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg               13. Loretta of Sponheim-Starkenburg                       27. Matilda of the Palatinate               3. Anna of Veldenz                                   28. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau               14. John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                       29. Agnes of Hesse               7. Margaret of Nassau-Saarbrücken                             30. John II, Count of Saarbrücken               15. Joanna of Saarbrücken                       31. Gilette of Bar-Pierrefort

References

1. Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne Dynastique, volume 4 (1985)pages 33-40.