Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Louis I of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Ludwig I. von Pfalz-Zweibrücken "der Schwarze"; 1424 – 19 July 1489) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz from 1444 until his death in 1489.

Louis I of Zweibrücken
Born	1424
Died	19 July 1489 (aged 64–65) Simmern
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Johanna of Croÿ
Detail Issue Kaspar Alexander
Father	Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Mother	Anna of Veldenz

Life

He was the younger son of Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife Anna, heiress of the 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 Strassburg and 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

Ancestors of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

16. Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine 8. Rupert II, Elector Palatine 17. Irmengard of Oettingen 4. Rupert of Germany 18. Peter II of Sicily 9. Beatrice of Sicily 19. Elisabeth of Carinthia 2. Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken 20. John II of Nuremberg 10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg 21. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen 5. Elisabeth of Nuremberg 22. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen 11. Elisabeth of Meissen 23. Matilda of Bavaria 1. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 24. Henry II of Veldenz 12. Henry III of Veldenz 25. Agnes of Sponheim-Kreuznach 6. Frederick III of Veldenz 26. Johann III, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg 13. Loretta of Sponheim-Starkenburg 27. Matilda of the Palatinate 3. Anna of Veldenz 28. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau 14. John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 29. Agnes of Hesse 7. Margaret of Nassau-Saarbrücken 30. John II, Count of Saarbrücken 15. Joanna of Saarbrücken 31. Gilette of Bar-Pierrefort

References

1. Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne Dynastique, volume 4 (1985), pages 33-40.