Louis II Landgrave of Lower Hesse [61976]

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_II,_Landgrave_of_Hesse


Louis II of Hesse (German : Ludwig) (7 September 1438 \endash 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 W�rttemberg-Urach . 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 or Hesse-Cassel) and Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse). The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.

  Noted events in his life were:

� Acceded: Landgrave of Lower Hesse, From 1458 to 1471.

Louis married Mechthild von Wurttemberg [61975] [MRIN: 551617921], daughter of Ludwig I von Wurttemberg Count of W�rttemberg [61967] and Mathilde von WITTELSBACH [61968]. (Mechthild von Wurttemberg [61975] was born after 1436 and died on 6 Jun 1495.)