Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Alexander of Zweibrücken | |
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| Born | 26 November 1462 |
| Died | 21 October 1514 (aged 51) Zweibrücken |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein |
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| Father | Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Mother | Johanna of Croÿ |
Alexander of Zweibrücken (
Veldenz
in 1489–1514.
Life
He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ.
Alexander's Church (Alexanderskirche) is the oldest church in Zweibrücken, a late-Gothic Protestant hall church built from 1493 to 1514 as a gift from Alexander after his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[1] Its crypt is the burial place of numerous counts/dukes of his house's line.[1]
Family
He was married in 1499 in Zweibrücken to 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).
- George (1503–1537).
- Margarete (1509–1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
- Strassburg and Cologne, then count Palatine of Veldenz (1506–1544).
- Katharina (1510–1542), married before 1 February 1541 to Count Otto IV of Rietberg.
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References
- ^ OCLC 34658300.
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