Louis I, Count of Löwenstein

Ludwig I of Lowenstein (* September 29, 1463 in Heidelberg, † March 28, 1523 in Lion's Arch ) was the founder of the house of Löwenstein- Wertheim.

Life

Louis was the son of the Elector Frederick the Victorious (1425-1476) of the Palatinate from its connection with Klara Tott (or Dett ). His father was the maid of honor know the ducal court in Munich in 1459. They got together the two sons Ludwig and his older brother Friedrich ( 1461-1474 ).

1485 Ludwig bought the feud Eschelbronn and was until 1521 lord of the village.

Dynastic Frederick had always supported his nephew Philip, from whom he procured the subsequent ecclesiastical consecration of his relationship and the princely care of his sons. Philipp Ludwig donated the first rule Scharfeneck and 1488 the County Palatine Lowenstein. 1492 acquired Ludwig continue the domination Abstatt with Wildeck Castle and was raised on February 24, 1494 in the Imperial Count from the Roman-German King Maximilian I..

Ludwig married his first wife in 1488 Elisabeth of Montfort († 1503) and his second wife in 1509 Sophia Böcklin († 1510) Widow of Conrad III. of Tübingen. From his first marriage he had ten children, including his sons and successors, Ludwig II (1498-1536) and Frederick I ( 1502-1541 ).

Ludwig I, is considered to be the progenitor of the house Löwenstein -Wertheim with the still existing lines of the Protestant Prince of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Freudenberg and the Catholic Princes of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg.

Family

Ludwig married his first wife in 1488 Elisabeth of Montfort († January 13, 1503 ). The couple had the following children:

  • Margarete (* June 28, 1489, † 1489 )
  • Elisabeth ( born June 8, in 1490, † 1530)
  • Wolfgang ( born April 2, 1491 † April 28, 1491 )
  • Ludwig ( * / † March 1492 )
  • Wolfgang (* March 25, 1493, † April 15, 1512 ) ∞ January 15, 1512 Elisabeth of Hohenlohe- New Stone (* November 18, 1495, † 1540), daughter of Count VI force.
  • Catherine ( * April 25, 1497; † September 10, 1541 ), a nun in Lichtenstern
  • Ludwig II (* April 28, 1498, † 1536) ∞ December 16, 1525 Anna Schenk von Limpurg († 1536)
  • Klara (* April 28, 1499; † February 6, 1568 ), a nun in the monastery Lobenfeld
  • Johanna (* July 20, 1500; † January 10, 1520 ), a nun in Lichtenstern
  • Frederick I (* August 19, 1502; † February 3, 1541 ) ∞ June 16, 1524 Helen of Königsegg (* March 15, 1509, † April 20, 1566 )
  • Ludwig III. of Lowenstein -Wertheim (* February 17, 1530, † March 13, 1611 )
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