Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Ludwig I of Pfalz- Zweibrücken, called the Black, (* 1424, † July 19, 1489 in simmering ), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate -Zweibrücken was.

Life

His father was Stefan von Pfalz- Zweibrücken - simmering, his mother Anna of Veldenz. He married on 20 March 1454 Luxembourg Johanna (around 1435-1504 ), daughter of Antoine I de Croy, Count of Guines and Porcean. Ludwig was buried in the royal crypt of the newly built by him castle church in Meis home.

His father Stefan gave in 1453 to Ludwig government affairs and retired to his retirement home Meis home. 1455 he tried his hand as a robber baron and plundered with his cousin Frederick. We also find the monastery Eußerthal was burnt down. His cousin gathered troops, among others from Speyer and White Castle. They besieged the fortified city of Ludwig Bergzabern. An attempt to relieve the city, failed and so Louis had to sign the Treaty of Worms, and Friedrich recognize as feudal lords.

Because of his dark hair and skin, he was called Louis the blacks.

Descendants from his marriage to Johanna

  • Margaret (1456-1527)
  • Kaspar (1458-1527), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate -Zweibrücken
  • Johanna (1459-1520), a nun in the Cistercian monastery of Marienberg in Boppard
  • Anna (1461-1520), a nun in Marienberg
  • Alexander (1462-1514), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate -Zweibrücken
  • David (1463-1478)
  • Albrecht (1464-1513), canon in Strasbourg
  • Catherine (1465-1542), abbess at St. Agnes Convent in Trier
  • Philipp (1467-1489), provost of Cologne
  • Johann (1468-1513), Canon at Strasbourg and Cologne
  • Elisabeth (1469-1500)
  • Samson (1474-1480), died after falling from a tower in Zweibrücken
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