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Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

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Louis II
Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Born7 September 1438
Died8 November 1471
SpouseMechthild of Württemberg-Urach
IssueAnna
Elisabeth
William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
William II, Landgrave of Hesse
HouseHouse of Hesse
FatherLouis I, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherAnna of Saxony

Louis II of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471.

He was the son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse and Anna of Saxony. He married Mechthild, daughter of Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach in 1454. Their children were:

He also had seven (known) illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim (born about 1443 - died after 1515):[1]

  • Anna of Hesse (born about 1460, married Heinz Missener, 23 May 1484)
  • Margarethe of Hesse (born about 1460, died 1524, married Heinrich Furster, mayor of Marburg, 5 February 1486)
  • Johannes of Hessen (born about 1460, murdered 11 March 1531, married Gertrude ______)
  • Wilhelm of Hessen (born about 1470, died 1550 in Melsungen)
  • Luckel Lambrechts (born before 1471)
  • Wilhelm of Hessen
  • Ernst of Natega
  • Friedrich of Hessen

The Landgraviate of Hesse had been divided by his father Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse-Kassel (Lower Hesse) and Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse). The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.

Ancestry

Family of Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
16. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
8. Louis the Junker of Hesse
17. Adelheid of Ravensburg
4. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
18. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach
9. Elisabeth Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach
19. Elisabeth of Heinsberg and Valkenburg
2. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
20. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg
10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
21. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen
5. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg
22. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
11. Elisabeth of Meissen
23. Mathilde of Bavaria
1. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse
24. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (= 22)
12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
25. Mathilde of Bavaria (= 23)
6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
26. Heinrich IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen
13. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen
27. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
3. Anna of Saxony
28. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
29. Catherine of Anhalt
7. Catherine of Brunswick
30. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
15. Sophie of Pomerania
31. Anna of Mecklenburg-Stargard
  1. ^ Translated from German Wikipedia entry.

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Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Born: 7 September 1438 Died: 8 November 1471
Preceded by Landgrave of Lower Hesse
1458–1471 		Succeeded by


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