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Wolfgang. Father. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. Mother. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. Louis II of Zweibrücken ( German: Pfalzgraf Ludwig II. von Zweibrücken-Neuburg "der Jüngere") (14 September 1502 – 3 December 1532) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532. [citation needed]
- 14 September 1502, Zweibrücken
- House of Wittelsbach
- 3 December 1532 (aged 30), Zweibrücken
Palatine Zweibrücken was established as a separate principality in 1459, when Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken divided his territory, Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken, between his two sons. [1] . The younger son, Louis I, received the County of Zweibrücken and the County of Veldenz .
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This article lists counts palatine of Lotharingia, counts palatine of the Rhine, and electors of the Palatinate ( German: Kurfürst von der Pfalz ), the titles of three counts palatine who ruled some part of the Rhine region in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire between 915 to 1803.
RulerRulerBornReign23 December 11731214–123115 September 12317 April 12061231–125329 November 125313 April 12291253–12942 February 12944 October 12741296–131712 August 1319Louis the German Charles the Bald. ... Charles II, Count Palatinate and Duke ... Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken
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Louis (d. 1489), son of Stephen, founded the line of the Counts Palantine of Zweibrücken (Palatinate-Zweibrücken). In 1533, the count palatine converted Palatinate-Zweibrücken to the new Protestant faith.
Louis II the Younger (German: Ludwig II. der Jüngere) (14 September 1502 - 3 December 1532) was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 until 1532. Louis was born in Zweibrücken in 1502 as the eldest son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and succeeded his father in 1514.
Elisabeth II Louise Juliane von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1613 - 1667) Countess Palatine-Zweibrücken, Princess-Abbess of Herford from 1649, daughter of John II the Younger (1584 –1635) Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken