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Louis II of Zweibrücken (german: Pfalzgraf Ludwig II. von Zweibrücken-Neuburg "der Jüngere") (14 September 1502 – 3 December 1532) was
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
Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Louis 02 of Zweibrucken Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken 1502 births 1532 deaths House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Burials at the Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken
Count Palatine
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an or ...
and Duke of Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
from 1514 to 1532.
Early life
He was the son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462–1514) and his wife Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1480–1522).Marriage and issue
He was married in 1525 to Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter ofWilliam I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
William I of Hesse (german: Wilhelm) (4 July 1466 – 8 February 1515) was the Landgrave of Hesse (Lower Hesse) from 1471 to 1493.
His parents were Louis the Frank (1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg. On 17 F ...
, and they had two children. His son Wolfgang inherited the title and his daughter Christine died young in 1534.
Death
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
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
.
Ancestors
References
External links
Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Louis 02 of Zweibrucken Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken 1502 births 1532 deaths House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Burials at the Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken