Louis I of Zweibrücken (; 1424 – 19 July 1489) was
Count Palatine
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and Duke of
Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; ; , ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach (Blies), Schwarzbach River.
Name
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and Count of
Veldenz from 1444 until his death in 1489.
Life
He was the younger son of
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife
Anna, heiress of the
County of Veldenz
The County Palatine of Veldenz was a principality in the contemporary States of Germany, Land Rhineland-Palatinate with full voting rights to the Reichstag. The county was located partially between Kaiserslautern, Sponheim and Zweibrücken, part ...
, 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, Stephen decided how his territories would be divided upon his death, allocating Simmern to his elder son,
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
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* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
* Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
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and Zweibrucken to his younger son Louis, combining with it Veldenz and most of the
County of Sponheim
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.
[Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine, ''L'Allemagne Dynastique'', volume 4 (1985), pages 33-40.]
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:
# Margarete (1456–1527), married in 1470 to Count
Philip of Nassau-Idstein.
#
Kaspar
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Given name:
* Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1459 – c. 1527)
* Kaspar Albrecht (1889–1970), Austrian architect and sculptor
* Kaspar Amort (1612–1675), German painter
* C ...
(1458–1527).
# Johanna (1459–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard
# Anna (1461–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard.
#
Alexander
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Variants listed here ar ...
(1462–1514).
# David (1463–1478).
# Albrecht (1464–1513), a canon in
Strassburg
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and
Köln
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.
# Katharina (1465–1542), Abbess of St. Agnes,
Trier
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.
# Philipp (1467–1489), a canon in Strassburg.
# Johann (1468–1513), a canon in Strassburg and Köln.
# Elisabeth (1469–1500), married in 1492 to Count
John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
# Samson (1474–1480)
Ancestors
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Louis 01 of Zweibrucken
1424 births
1489 deaths
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken