Louis II, Count Palatine of 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.^{[citation needed]}

Louis II
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born	(1502-09-14)14 September 1502 Zweibrücken
Died	3 December 1532(1532-12-03) (aged 30) Zweibrücken
Burial	Alexander's Church (Alexanderskirche [de]) in Zweibrücken
Spouse	Elisabeth of Hesse ​ (m. 1525)​
Issue	Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken Countess Palatine Christine
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Early life

He was the son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462–1514) and his wife Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1480–1522).

Louis II with his brother Rupert, wife Elisabeth and children, by Peter Gertner

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

Alexanderskirche, burial place of Louis II

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