Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Louis II
Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Spouse Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach
Issue
Anna
Elisabeth
William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
William II, Landgrave of Hesse
House House of Hesse
Father Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother Anna of Saxony
Born 7 September 1438
Died 8 November 1471

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:

He also had seven (known) illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim (born about 1443 - died after 1515)[1]:

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 or Hesse-Cassel) and Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse). The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.

Ancestry

  1. ^ Translated from German Wikipedia entry.

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Preceded by
Louis I
Landgrave of Lower Hesse
1458–1471
Succeeded by
William I