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Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

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Mother
  
Anna of Saxony

Name
  
Louis Landgrave

House
  
House of Hesse


Spouse
  
Mechthild of Wurttemberg-Urach

Issue
  
Anna Elisabeth William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse William II, Landgrave of Hesse

Father
  
Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Died
  
November 8, 1471, Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany

Children
  
William II, Landgrave of Hesse, William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Parents
  
Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse, Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Siblings
  
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse

Grandchildren
  
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

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):

  • 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.

    References

    Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Wikipedia
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