Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

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:

• Anna [1455-1459]
• Elisabeth (died young)
• William I, Landgrave of Hesse (1466–1515)
• William II, Landgrave of Hesse (1469–1509)

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

• 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, 5 February 1486)
• Johannes of Hessen (born about 1460, murdered 11 March 1531, married Gertrude ______)
• Wilhelm of Hessen (born about 1470, died 1550 in Melsungen)
• Luckel Lambrechts (born before 1471)
• Wilhelm of Hessen
• Ernst of Natega
• Friedrich of Hessen

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) 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.

External links

• Ludwig II v. Hessen, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 52, Nachträge bis 1899: Linker - Paul, Leipzig, 1906
• Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie "Ludwig II. (Landgraf von Niederhessen)"