Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Louis II
Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Born	7 September 1438
Died	8 November 1471
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

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):

• 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

Family of Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

16. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse               8. Louis the Junker of Hesse                       17. Adelheid of Ravensburg               4. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse                             18. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach               9. Elisabeth Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach                       19. Elisabeth of Heinsberg and Valkenburg               2. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse                                   20. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg               10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg                       21. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen               5. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg                             22. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen               11. Elisabeth of Meissen                       23. Mathilde of Bavaria               1. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse                                         24. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (= 22)               12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia                       25. Mathilde of Bavaria (= 23)               6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony                             26. Heinrich IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen               13. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen                       27. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel               3. Anna of Saxony                                   28. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       29. Catherine of Anhalt               7. Catherine of Brunswick                             30. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania               15. Sophie of Pomerania                       31. Anna of Mecklenburg-Stargard

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)"

Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse House of Hesse Born: 7 September 1438 Died: 8 November 1471
Preceded by Louis I	Landgrave of Lower Hesse 1458–1471	Succeeded by William I