Louis I, Count of Löwenstein

Louis I, Count of Löwenstein
Lowenstein-Wertheim
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth of Montfort Sophia Böcklin
Father	Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Mother	Clara Tott

Louis I, Count of Löwenstein (29 September 1463 in

.

Life

Louis was a son of the Elector Palatine

where Frederick met her in 1459. They had two sons, Louis and his elder brother Frederick (1461–1474).

In 1451, Frederick I had adopted his nephew

at the time.

Louis I is considered the founder of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim. Two branches of this house exist until this day: the Protestant princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and the Catholic princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

Marriages and issue

Louis I married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth of Montfort (d. 13 January 1503), whom he married in 1488. They had ten children:

• Margaret (28 June 1489 – 1489)
• Elisabeth (8 June 1490 – 1530), married:
  1. Count Oswald II of Tierstein (27 August 1474 – 1514):
  2. in 1524 to George Würtwein
• Wolfgang (2 April 1491 – 28 April 1491)
• Louis (b. and d. March 1492)
• Wolfgang (25 March 1493 – 15 April 1512), married on 15 January 1512 to Elisabeth (18 November 1495 – 1540), a daughter of Count Kraft VI of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
• Catherine (born 25 April 1497 – 10 September 1541), a nun in Lichtenstern Monastery
• Louis II (28 April 1498 – 1536), married on 16 December 1525 to Anna Schenk of Limpurg (d. 1536)
• Clara (28 April 1499 – 6 February 1568), a nun in Lobenfeld Monastery
• Johanna (20 July 1500 – 10 January 1520), a nun in Lichtenstern Monastery
• Frederick I (19 August 1502 – 3 February 1541), married on 16 June 1524 to Helen of Königsegg (15 March 1509 – 20 April 1566); they had a son:
  • Louis III (17 February 1530 – 13 March 1611)

His second wife was Sophia Böcklin (d. 1510). This marriage remained childless.

References

• Harald Stockert: Adel im Übergang. Die Fürsten und Grafen von Löwenstein-Wertheim zwischen Landesherrschaft und Standesherrschaft,
  ISBN 3-17-016605-0
• Hans und Marga Rall: Die Wittelsbacher – Von Otto I. bis Elisabeth I., Weltbild, 1994,
  ISBN 3-85001-485-1
• Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von, Europäische Stammtafeln, vol. III, 1976
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, 1964