Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
Ludovica Margaretha of Zweibrücken- Bitsch ( born July 19, 1540 in Ingweiler, † December 15, 1569 in Buchsweiler ) the only child of Count Jacob was of Zweibrücken- Bitsch ( 19 * July 1510, † March 22, 1570 ) and its heiress. She was buried in Ingweiler.
Family
She married on 14 October 1560 in Bitsch Count Philip V of Hanau- Lichtenberg ( * 1541, † 1599), whose first marriage (of three) that was. They had the following children together:
Heritage
Her father, Count Jakob von Zweibrücken - Bitsch (* 1510, † 1570), was the last male bearer of the name of the family. Was predeceased already in 1540 his brother, Simon V. alarm clock. Again, this left only a daughter. Between the husbands of the two cousins , Count Philip I of Leiningen - Westerburg and Count Philip V of Hanau -Lichtenberg, a violent dispute over the inheritance relaxing. These included the second - not already governed by Hanau- Lichtenberg - half of the reign of Lichtenberg, the rule Bitsch, the office of Lviv and the rule Ochsenstein. Formally, the rule Bitsch was a fief of the Duchy of Lorraine. Fiefs were in principle only in the male line inheritable.
In the dispute is initially Philip V was able to prevail, but made by the immediate introduction of the Reformation Lutheran confession under the mighty and Catholic Duchy of Lorraine to the enemy. This drew in his fief. In July 1572 Lorraine troops occupied the county. As Philip V of Lorraine military superiority was not up, he chose the legal process. During the subsequent trial before the Imperial Chamber Court is called Lorraine, however, that for a considerable areas of Zweibrücken- Bitsch had been exchanged goods for 1302 of Lorraine and, secondly, that the Count had Leininger 1573 sold their hereditary claims to Lorraine.
It was not until 1604 and 1606, there was a contractual agreement between Hanau -Lichtenberg and Lorraine. The compromise involved a division of labor: The rule Bitsch reverted to Lorraine and the Office Lviv was Hanau -Lichtenberg slammed.