Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Louis II
Louis II
	Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Born	7 September 1438
Died	8 November 1471 (aged 33)
Spouse	Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach
Issue	Anna; Elisabeth; William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse; William II, Landgrave of Hesse
House	House of Hesse
Father	Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Anna 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:

Anna [1455-1459]
Elisabeth (died young)
William I, Landgrave of Hesse (1466–1515)
William II, Landgrave of Hesse (1469–1509)

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 Hesse (born about 1460, murdered 11 March 1531, married Gertrude ______)
Wilhelm of Hesse (born about 1470, died 1550 in Melsungen)
Luckel Lambrechts (born before 1471)
Ernst of Natega
Friedrich of Hesse

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

Ancestors 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

Translated from German Wikipedia entry.

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External links

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

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[1] Translated from German Wikipedia entry.