Louis II of Hesse () (7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the

Landgrave Landgrave (, , , ; , ', ', ', ', ') was a rank of nobility used in the Holy Roman Empire, and its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), and ' ("count palatine") are of roughly equal rank, subordinate to ' ("duke"), and su ...

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Lower Hesse
from 1458 - 1471. He was the son of

Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse Louis I (; 6 February 140217 January 1458), nicknamed the Peaceful (), was Landgraviate of Hesse, Landgrave of Hesse from 1413 to 1458. Following Louis' death, his sons, Henry III and Louis II, divided Hesse into Upper Hesse, Upper and Lower Hes ...

and

Anna of Saxony Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) was the heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes, eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. Maurice's only son, Albert, died in infancy. Anna was the second wife of Willia ...

. He married Mechthild, daughter of

Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach Ludwig I (before 31 October 141223/24 September 1450) was Count of Württemberg from 1419 and then count of Württemberg-Urach until his death in 1450. Life Ludwig was born before 31 October 1412, the eldest son of Count Eberhard IV and his ...

in 1454, and also known as Matilda. Their children were: * Anna 455-1459* Elisabeth (died young) * William I, Landgrave of Hesse (1466–1515) *

William II, Landgrave of Hesse William II (29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500. This immediately sparked the War of the Katzenelnbog ...

(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 Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

, 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), a nun at the convent of Ahnaberg in Kassel * Ernst of Natega, a canon in Hildesheim * Friedrich of Hesse The

Landgraviate of Hesse The Landgraviate of Hesse () was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a single entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. History In the early Middle Ages, the territory of He ...

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

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External links

Ludwig II v. Hessen, ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'', Bd.: 52, Nachträge bis 1899: Linker - Paul, Leipzig, 1906Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' "Ludwig II. (Landgraf von Niederhessen)"
1438 births 1471 deaths House of Hesse Landgraves of Hesse Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg {{Germany-noble-stub