Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

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Louis I of Zweibrücken
Simmern
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)Johanna of Croÿ
Issue
Detail
FatherStephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
MotherAnna of Veldenz

Louis I of Zweibrücken (

Veldenz
from 1444 until his death in 1489.

Life

He was the younger son of

County of Veldenz, whom he had wed in 1409. Although Anne died in 1439, her widower did not obtain Veldenz from her family until 1444. In that year, Stephen decided how his territories would be divided upon his death, allocating Simmern to his elder son, Frederick and Zweibrucken to his younger son Louis, combining with it Veldenz and most of the County of Sponheim.[1]

Family and children

He was married on 20 March 1454 in

Luxemburg to Johanna of Croÿ, daughter of Count Antoine I de Croÿ and Margaret of Lorraine-Vaudémont
. They had the following children:

  1. Margarete (1456–1527), married in 1470 to Count Philip of Nassau-Idstein.
  2. Kaspar (1458–1527).
  3. Johanna (1459–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard
  4. Anna (1461–1520), a nun at Marienberg near Boppard.
  5. Alexander (1462–1514).
  6. David (1463–1478).
  7. Albrecht (1464–1513), a canon in
    Köln
    .
  8. Katharina (1465–1542), Abbess of St. Agnes, Trier.
  9. Philipp (1467–1489), a canon in Strassburg.
  10. Johann (1468–1513), a canon in Strassburg and Köln.
  11. Elisabeth (1469–1500), married in 1492 to Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
  12. Samson (1474–1480)

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne Dynastique, volume 4 (1985), pages 33-40.
Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born: 1424 Died: 19 July 1489
Preceded by Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
1444–1489 		Succeeded by
Count of Veldenz

1444–1489
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