Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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Alexander of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Alexander von Zweibrücken "der Hinkende") (26 November 1462 – 21 October 1514), was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz in 1489-1514.
He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ. Alexander promised to establish a church after the successful return from a crusade, and it was kept in 1489 with the building of the Alexanderskirche in Zweibrücken.
[edit] Family and children
He was married in 1499 in Zweibrücken with Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, daughter of Count Kraft VI of Hohenlohe and Helene of Württemberg. They had the following children:
- Johanna (1499-1537), a nun in Trier.
- Louis II (1502-1532).
- Georg (1503-1537), a canon in Trier, Strassburg and Köln.
- Margarete (1509-1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
- Rupert (1506-1544).
- Katharina (1510-1542), married before 1 February 1541 to Count Otto IV of Rietberg.
| Preceded by: Louis I |
Duke of Zweibrücken 1489–1514 |
Succeeded by: Louis II |
| Count palatine of Veldenz 1489–1514 |
Succeeded by: Rupert |
